Miyako’s Education - Part 19
May 12th, 2007
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John: Hey Hiroko! How are you going?
Hiroko: Pretty good. Yourself?
John: Good. I feel like seeing a movie.
Hiroko: Me too. Which movie do you want to see?
John: I want to see Sixth Sense. Do you like Bruce Willis?
Hiroko: Yeah, I like him.
John: I don’t usually like him, but Miyako says it is good.
Hiroko: Who is Miyako?
John: She is a friend.
Hiroko: Just a friend? Do you mean a friend or a girlfriend?
Where is the expression, “How are you going?”
from.
The expressions I know are “How are you doing?”
and “How’s it going?”
“How are you going?” isn’t an expression in American
English.
It is a common expression in australia and New Zealand.