OTHER WAYS OF SAYING "HOWDY DO?"
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Various Nations Have Different Methods of Propounding This Time-Honored Query, But All Mean Pretty Much the Same Thing.
"How do you do?" That's English and American.
"How do you carry yourself?" That's French.
"How do you stand?" That's Italian.
"How goes it with you?" That's German.
"How do you fare?" That's Dutch.
"How can you?" That's Swedish.
"How do you perspire?" That's the Egyptian version.
"How is your stomach? Have you eaten your rice?" That's the rather medical way in which the Chinese people express their morning salutation.
"How do you have yourself?" That's Polish.
"How do you live on?" That's Russian.
"May thy shadow never be less." That's Persian.
And all mean much the same thing—the natural expression of sympathy and friendly curiosity when one human being meets another.