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"How are you doing?" vs. "How do you do?"

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#16 (permalink) Tue Nov 25, 2008 0:14 am "How are you doing?" vs. "How do you do?"

Yankee wrote:

Hi Torsten

My guess is that you're probably right about "How do you do" having been used more often in the past in the US. In fact, that's where the greeting "Howdy" comes from. But "Howdy" is definitely not formal and it simply means "hi".

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=howdy&searchmode=none

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#17 (permalink) Tue Nov 25, 2008 0:16 am "How are you doing?" vs. "How do you do?"

I don't understand why I should use a question "How do you do?" or "How are you?" to say "Nice to meet you".

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