Talk:Responding to "How are you?"

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Phatic expressions

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)

This is a great idea, actually. For now I'll just add a stub page Phatic expression and add "See also"-links on both pages! --Fochti (talk) 23:32, 25 August 2022 (UTC)

Cool. "Let's do lunch some time." "Let's get together soon." etc. There are so many of them we use that even neurotypical people get confused. Non-fluent speakers of a language can have a hard time with these as well. Adiffer (talk) 23:53, 25 August 2022 (UTC)