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As well, the South African “howzit”, which from my observation isn’t even actually a question but just invites the other person to say what they wanted to say.

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In the south of England we have "alright?". The only valid answer is "alright?.

"Alright" I think is used all over England, maybe even the UK, it's not specific to the south :-)

Yeah I find that annoying. It means nothing and is just a waste of everyone's time, much like:

"How are you?" "Not bad, yourself?" "Good, so I have this problem..."

"Hey, how was your weekend?" "Not bad actually, you?" "Yeah not bad"

I mean, you clearly have no interest in other person's life, so why have stupid, dull, pointless greetings like that?

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