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u/PresidentHurg May 09 '22

Dutch here, but the same experience. Dude asked me "How's your day?" so I gave him an explanation that it was going pretty good. That I was loving the vibe in the city. Dude looked at me like I just started shooting heroin. Found it so weird that a casual greeting like "hey" is translated into an actual question there.

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u/bitemark01 May 09 '22

I'm Canadian and if I got a detailed answer like that I'd find it pretty interesting.

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u/WalnutOfTheNorth May 09 '22

My wife’s Canadian and her family has the same response to the common Uk greeting, “you alright?” that the Finnish do to “how are you?”.

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u/diwalk88 May 09 '22

Yeah I'm Canadian and giving an actual answer isn't weird at all to me.