I think it's a general greeting. Maybe similar to "How are you?" in British English.
-----Original Message----- From: wikipedia-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org [mailto:wikipedia-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Gerrit Holl Sent: 23 September 2005 12:31 To: wikipedia-l@wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikipedia-l] Re: [Wiktionary-l] English orthographies
Jack & Naree wrote:
"What's up?" I said, "Nothing? Why?", he looked at me, baffled; I looked back at him, baffled - we were using the same words, but speaking different languages; neither of us knew what we meant and why.
Can someone explain this one for me - not a native speaker? I don'n know what "What's up?" can mean other than "What's the matter?", "What's the problem?". I don't understand.
Gerrit.
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