Talk:Responding to "How are you?"

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Revision as of 12:34, 24 August 2022 by Russell Cannon (talk | contribs)

I propose changing this article's name to Phatic Expressions, explaining what a phatic expression is, why people use them, and then adding sections for other phatic expressions people might use besides this one. For example, recently there was a discussion on twitter about how people use "Let's get coffee sometime" as a phatic expression. Martienne17 (talk) 11:21, 24 August 2022 (UTC)

I'm not sure. In cases where the technical term is not familiar to many (I'd never heard of Phatic Expressions), I think it's easier to navigate to a topic of interest if the title is meaningful to everybody. Within the page itself, certainly, introducing the technical term for a thing and expanding with explanatory examples adds interest and an educational element. Others may think differently, so I'm open to further debate, it was just my thought. :) - Russell Cannon (talk) 12:34, 24 August 2022 (UTC)