Goodbye, "I'm Fine Thank You, and You?"

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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When using “I’m fine thank you, and you”, you may slowly figure out this isn’t the most natural way to greet someone. In fact, you may be sounding rude!

A blog entry I just wrote…maybe it will help you.

Be Creative and Avoid "I’m fine thank you, and you?

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Actually, I don’t see any of the problems that you do with this phrase. It’s possible there may be differences between AmE and BrE.

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Interesting. I cringe that we are teaching it here in the Japanese schools. Not something you hear or use often in America and I would also guess the same in Canada.

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this is the correct methods to greet someone:
I’m fine thank you, what about you ?

or the second possible sentence

I’m fine thank you, You ?