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Old 17-04-2012, 12:37 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default A matter of semantics

On 4/16/2012 6:42 PM, Sacha wrote:
On 2012-04-16 20:54:22 +0100, "shazzbat"


What gets to me is people who, when asked how they are, reply, "I'm
good".
No you're not good, you're well.

Steve.


Lol! One of my children said that to me and my reply was "I'll be the
judge of that". But when we went to NZ we noticed that a lot of people
used that response.


It's irritatingly common in the US, too.