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Is it possible to greet someone asking "How is doing?" When I was in US, many times I heard a phrase "Hi! How is doing?" or maybe it was a misunderstanding and the phrase was "How are you doing?"
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Is it possible to greet someone asking "How is doing?" When I was in US, many times I heard a phrase "Hi! How is doing?" or maybe it was a misunderstanding and the phrase was "How are you doing?"
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"How you doing?", pronounced almost "How ye doin?"
– Kris
Nov 13 '12 at 13:19
There also "What's doing?" on Urban Dictionary
– user21497
Nov 13 '12 at 13:31
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Whatever you heard, translated to writing, that is totally wrong. What area of the US did you hear this in? Anyway, you might be interested in committing to ELL.
– Mitch
Nov 13 '12 at 15:21
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Is it possible to greet someone asking "How is doing?" When I was in US, many times I heard a phrase "Hi! How is doing?" or maybe it was a misunderstanding and the phrase was "How are you doing?"
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Is it possible to greet someone asking "How is doing?" When I was in US, many times I heard a phrase "Hi! How is doing?" or maybe it was a misunderstanding and the phrase was "How are you doing?"
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"How you doing?", pronounced almost "How ye doin?"
– Kris
Nov 13 '12 at 13:19
There also "What's doing?" on Urban Dictionary
– user21497
Nov 13 '12 at 13:31
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Whatever you heard, translated to writing, that is totally wrong. What area of the US did you hear this in? Anyway, you might be interested in committing to ELL.
– Mitch
Nov 13 '12 at 15:21
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"How you doing?", pronounced almost "How ye doin?"
– Kris
Nov 13 '12 at 13:19
There also "What's doing?" on Urban Dictionary
– user21497
Nov 13 '12 at 13:31
2
Whatever you heard, translated to writing, that is totally wrong. What area of the US did you hear this in? Anyway, you might be interested in committing to ELL.
– Mitch
Nov 13 '12 at 15:21
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"How you doing?", pronounced almost "How ye doin?"
– Kris
Nov 13 '12 at 13:19
"How you doing?", pronounced almost "How ye doin?"
– Kris
Nov 13 '12 at 13:19
There also "What's doing?" on Urban Dictionary
– user21497
Nov 13 '12 at 13:31
There also "What's doing?" on Urban Dictionary
– user21497
Nov 13 '12 at 13:31
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Whatever you heard, translated to writing, that is totally wrong. What area of the US did you hear this in? Anyway, you might be interested in committing to ELL.
– Mitch
Nov 13 '12 at 15:21
Whatever you heard, translated to writing, that is totally wrong. What area of the US did you hear this in? Anyway, you might be interested in committing to ELL.
– Mitch
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"How is doing?" is definitely not an acceptable greeting in any form of English with which I am familiar. Most likely you've heard an extremely reduced form of "How are you doing?" The levels of reduction go like this:
How are you doing?
How you doing?
How ya doin'? [hajə'duɪn]
It's also possible that some people said "How's ya doing?", as the word how's (also sometimes spelled howse) is a variant of how in some dialects.
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Maybe OP got his misunderstanding from "How is it going?" (usually contracted to "How's it going?").
– FumbleFingers
Nov 13 '12 at 15:56
@FumbleFingers that's another likely possibility that I hadn't thought of.
– JSBձոգչ
Nov 13 '12 at 18:14
Or maybe even Hi! How's it doing? which is definitely non-standard English, but is occasionally heard. (But I think @FumbleFingers' suggestion of "going" is more likely.)
– Peter Shor
Nov 13 '12 at 19:58
@Peter Shor: I don't think I've ever heard anyone say "Hi! How's it doing?" - so unless you have, I'm inclined to think those Google hits (only actually 46 when I page thru) are all non-native speakers. Some Internet hits obviously are, and the search term gets no hits at all in Google Books. On the other hand, I'm quite familiar with Hi! How's it hanging?, and even that occurs only once in GB.
– FumbleFingers
Nov 13 '12 at 21:07
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@FumbleFingers: right; they all look like non-native speakers.
– Peter Shor
Nov 13 '12 at 21:29
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"Proper" English? Probably not. This is a common greeting among orthodox Jews, though.
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"How is doing?" is definitely not an acceptable greeting in any form of English with which I am familiar. Most likely you've heard an extremely reduced form of "How are you doing?" The levels of reduction go like this:
How are you doing?
How you doing?
How ya doin'? [hajə'duɪn]
It's also possible that some people said "How's ya doing?", as the word how's (also sometimes spelled howse) is a variant of how in some dialects.
answered Nov 13 '12 at 13:30
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Maybe OP got his misunderstanding from "How is it going?" (usually contracted to "How's it going?").
– FumbleFingers
Nov 13 '12 at 15:56
@FumbleFingers that's another likely possibility that I hadn't thought of.
– JSBձոգչ
Nov 13 '12 at 18:14
Or maybe even Hi! How's it doing? which is definitely non-standard English, but is occasionally heard. (But I think @FumbleFingers' suggestion of "going" is more likely.)
– Peter Shor
Nov 13 '12 at 19:58
@Peter Shor: I don't think I've ever heard anyone say "Hi! How's it doing?" - so unless you have, I'm inclined to think those Google hits (only actually 46 when I page thru) are all non-native speakers. Some Internet hits obviously are, and the search term gets no hits at all in Google Books. On the other hand, I'm quite familiar with Hi! How's it hanging?, and even that occurs only once in GB.
– FumbleFingers
Nov 13 '12 at 21:07
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@FumbleFingers: right; they all look like non-native speakers.
– Peter Shor
Nov 13 '12 at 21:29
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"How is doing?" is definitely not an acceptable greeting in any form of English with which I am familiar. Most likely you've heard an extremely reduced form of "How are you doing?" The levels of reduction go like this:
How are you doing?
How you doing?
How ya doin'? [hajə'duɪn]
It's also possible that some people said "How's ya doing?", as the word how's (also sometimes spelled howse) is a variant of how in some dialects.
answered Nov 13 '12 at 13:30
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Maybe OP got his misunderstanding from "How is it going?" (usually contracted to "How's it going?").
– FumbleFingers
Nov 13 '12 at 15:56
@FumbleFingers that's another likely possibility that I hadn't thought of.
– JSBձոգչ
Nov 13 '12 at 18:14
Or maybe even Hi! How's it doing? which is definitely non-standard English, but is occasionally heard. (But I think @FumbleFingers' suggestion of "going" is more likely.)
– Peter Shor
Nov 13 '12 at 19:58
@Peter Shor: I don't think I've ever heard anyone say "Hi! How's it doing?" - so unless you have, I'm inclined to think those Google hits (only actually 46 when I page thru) are all non-native speakers. Some Internet hits obviously are, and the search term gets no hits at all in Google Books. On the other hand, I'm quite familiar with Hi! How's it hanging?, and even that occurs only once in GB.
– FumbleFingers
Nov 13 '12 at 21:07
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@FumbleFingers: right; they all look like non-native speakers.
– Peter Shor
Nov 13 '12 at 21:29
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"How is doing?" is definitely not an acceptable greeting in any form of English with which I am familiar. Most likely you've heard an extremely reduced form of "How are you doing?" The levels of reduction go like this:
How are you doing?
How you doing?
How ya doin'? [hajə'duɪn]
It's also possible that some people said "How's ya doing?", as the word how's (also sometimes spelled howse) is a variant of how in some dialects.
answered Nov 13 '12 at 13:30
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"How is doing?" is definitely not an acceptable greeting in any form of English with which I am familiar. Most likely you've heard an extremely reduced form of "How are you doing?" The levels of reduction go like this:
How are you doing?
How you doing?
How ya doin'? [hajə'duɪn]
It's also possible that some people said "How's ya doing?", as the word how's (also sometimes spelled howse) is a variant of how in some dialects.
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Maybe OP got his misunderstanding from "How is it going?" (usually contracted to "How's it going?").
– FumbleFingers
Nov 13 '12 at 15:56
@FumbleFingers that's another likely possibility that I hadn't thought of.
– JSBձոգչ
Nov 13 '12 at 18:14
Or maybe even Hi! How's it doing? which is definitely non-standard English, but is occasionally heard. (But I think @FumbleFingers' suggestion of "going" is more likely.)
– Peter Shor
Nov 13 '12 at 19:58
@Peter Shor: I don't think I've ever heard anyone say "Hi! How's it doing?" - so unless you have, I'm inclined to think those Google hits (only actually 46 when I page thru) are all non-native speakers. Some Internet hits obviously are, and the search term gets no hits at all in Google Books. On the other hand, I'm quite familiar with Hi! How's it hanging?, and even that occurs only once in GB.
– FumbleFingers
Nov 13 '12 at 21:07
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@FumbleFingers: right; they all look like non-native speakers.
– Peter Shor
Nov 13 '12 at 21:29
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show 1 more comment
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Maybe OP got his misunderstanding from "How is it going?" (usually contracted to "How's it going?").
– FumbleFingers
Nov 13 '12 at 15:56
@FumbleFingers that's another likely possibility that I hadn't thought of.
– JSBձոգչ
Nov 13 '12 at 18:14
Or maybe even Hi! How's it doing? which is definitely non-standard English, but is occasionally heard. (But I think @FumbleFingers' suggestion of "going" is more likely.)
– Peter Shor
Nov 13 '12 at 19:58
@Peter Shor: I don't think I've ever heard anyone say "Hi! How's it doing?" - so unless you have, I'm inclined to think those Google hits (only actually 46 when I page thru) are all non-native speakers. Some Internet hits obviously are, and the search term gets no hits at all in Google Books. On the other hand, I'm quite familiar with Hi! How's it hanging?, and even that occurs only once in GB.
– FumbleFingers
Nov 13 '12 at 21:07
1
@FumbleFingers: right; they all look like non-native speakers.
– Peter Shor
Nov 13 '12 at 21:29
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Maybe OP got his misunderstanding from "How is it going?" (usually contracted to "How's it going?").
– FumbleFingers
Nov 13 '12 at 15:56
Maybe OP got his misunderstanding from "How is it going?" (usually contracted to "How's it going?").
– FumbleFingers
Nov 13 '12 at 15:56
@FumbleFingers that's another likely possibility that I hadn't thought of.
– JSBձոգչ
Nov 13 '12 at 18:14
@FumbleFingers that's another likely possibility that I hadn't thought of.
– JSBձոգչ
Nov 13 '12 at 18:14
Or maybe even Hi! How's it doing? which is definitely non-standard English, but is occasionally heard. (But I think @FumbleFingers' suggestion of "going" is more likely.)
– Peter Shor
Nov 13 '12 at 19:58
Or maybe even Hi! How's it doing? which is definitely non-standard English, but is occasionally heard. (But I think @FumbleFingers' suggestion of "going" is more likely.)
– Peter Shor
Nov 13 '12 at 19:58
@Peter Shor: I don't think I've ever heard anyone say "Hi! How's it doing?" - so unless you have, I'm inclined to think those Google hits (only actually 46 when I page thru) are all non-native speakers. Some Internet hits obviously are, and the search term gets no hits at all in Google Books. On the other hand, I'm quite familiar with Hi! How's it hanging?, and even that occurs only once in GB.
– FumbleFingers
Nov 13 '12 at 21:07
@Peter Shor: I don't think I've ever heard anyone say "Hi! How's it doing?" - so unless you have, I'm inclined to think those Google hits (only actually 46 when I page thru) are all non-native speakers. Some Internet hits obviously are, and the search term gets no hits at all in Google Books. On the other hand, I'm quite familiar with Hi! How's it hanging?, and even that occurs only once in GB.
– FumbleFingers
Nov 13 '12 at 21:07
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@FumbleFingers: right; they all look like non-native speakers.
– Peter Shor
Nov 13 '12 at 21:29
@FumbleFingers: right; they all look like non-native speakers.
– Peter Shor
Nov 13 '12 at 21:29
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"Proper" English? Probably not. This is a common greeting among orthodox Jews, though.
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"Proper" English? Probably not. This is a common greeting among orthodox Jews, though.
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"How you doing?", pronounced almost "How ye doin?"
– Kris
Nov 13 '12 at 13:19
There also "What's doing?" on Urban Dictionary
– user21497
Nov 13 '12 at 13:31
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Whatever you heard, translated to writing, that is totally wrong. What area of the US did you hear this in? Anyway, you might be interested in committing to ELL.
– Mitch
Nov 13 '12 at 15:21