Tuesday, 5 August 2008

Are You All Right?

Okay, a weird thing about British greetings...
British people don't generally say, "How are you?" like Americans do.

Whenever we go to church and are greeted by locals, they will say "Are you all right?"

When I first heard that, I thought, "Man, I must look sick or something," because in the US, that's what I would ask a person who looked pale or about to pass out. Well, it has taken me this long to figure out that this is just how they greet people. At one point, I thought that maybe it was because I was pregnant. But no, they greet Ethan the same way.

Weird, huh?

3 comments:

Paula said...

So....are you all right?

Love reading your blog! Say hi to Ethan for me.

Paula

krista said...

Hilarious!

I too would have been taken aback, thinking I must appear sickly or something.

Moi said...

So--HOW WAS PARIS!! Sheesh!
I do not have a baby yet. :(
Are you having a girl or boy in Sept?