I always use it. It does cause a few looks of puzzlement as Dusty said. I think it is seen as outdated or over formal nowadays. "Dude" seems a bit informal for meeting certain individuals!
"How do you do" is something Professor Higgins would teach Eliza Doolittle, wot wot.
a simple "how are you" works, although the answer I give to this confuses non English speakers too when I say "Not too bad", which implies bad but not too bad..
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I still use it. It’s fun sometimes because it slightly throws people.
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Eh? What else would you say?
Pleased to meet you is non-U.
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I suppose if it were a child, I might say hello.
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How do I do what?
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Do policemen still say 'allo 'allo 'allo?
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Only when we spot someone watching a wartime sit com.
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when people started saying wassup
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When I met HMTQ at a Buck House garden party, neither of us said this upon greeting each other.
I merely nodded my head respectfully, and she asked if I was enjoying my tea.
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I just asked her wagwan and she asked me if I was enjoying the bare massive party.
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Do policemen still live on Letsby Avenue?
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No we all left when the truncheon meat sandwich shop closed.
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I am with stardust. I use it because I enjoy that it slightly throws people.
Also I would look ridiculous saying 'hey bro'.
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Why does it "throw people".
Genuinely, wtf is the alternative? Are we all meant to say yo, bruv nowadays?
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Do do you how?
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Bruv?
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it's one of those confusing English expressions that baffles people whose first language isn't English.
It has been replaced with "alright?" which Americans can't get to grips with.
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You can hardly use alright in a professional setting.
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I always use it. It does cause a few looks of puzzlement as Dusty said. I think it is seen as outdated or over formal nowadays. "Dude" seems a bit informal for meeting certain individuals!
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"How do you do" is something Professor Higgins would teach Eliza Doolittle, wot wot.
a simple "how are you" works, although the answer I give to this confuses non English speakers too when I say "Not too bad", which implies bad but not too bad..
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I always assumed it was just posh boy nonsense for 'I have nothing to say'.
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"How are you?" sounds a bit weird, like an actual question a doctor might ask, rather than a rhetorical one.
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I don't think I've ever said anything other than "how do you do?"
The only alternative I think I've ever heard is "pleased to meet you."
That's probably my lack of imagination though.
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Wasn't it one of the slurs against the Middletons, that Kate's mother said "pleased to meet you" when she met the Queen?
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and what do you do?
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I often say how do you do when being introduced to someone
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Have you come far?
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Where are you from?
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and how do you really do?
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I also find a tip of the cap, or even a jaunty salute, can be effective.
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I was told by my Mum that ‘Pleased to meet you ‘ was vulgar.
There used to be a most amusing comedy quiz for Impressionists ( Yarwood, not Monet) called’Who Do You Do’.
Happier times.
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Re LawPerson, there was a thing in Tatler a few years ago that they were called The Pleased to Meet You Middletons!
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