Jeremy Bornstein wrote, [on 9/1/2008 10:24 PM]:
I was told once that the now common (in the USA anyway) "How are you?" was a shortened form of "How are your bowels?"
Apparently, a not-uncommon greeting in Texas(s) is "Shit Howdy". Udhay http://groups.yahoo.com/group/silk-list/message/10440 -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
