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How to Talk to Strangers (Listener Question)

How Can I Say This...

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Cultural Differences in Responding to 'How are You?'

The host discusses a listener's experience living in Eastern Europe and how people in that culture found it strange that Americans would start a conversation with a stranger by asking 'how are you?' The listener adjusted her approach and saw that it resulted in a closer bond, confirming the host's assumption about the variation in reactions to this question outside the United States.

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