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What does it mean to ask How are you? in a pandemic?

Published: May 19, 2021, 11:10 a.m.

In the pandemic, answering \u201cHow are you?\u201d isn\u2019t as easy as saying \u201cI\u2019m fine.\u201d Elena and Harv chat with linguistics professor Deborah Tannen and try to figure out if we should still ask \u201cHow are you?\u201d when things just haven\u2019t been great. Also featuring some of our favourite pandemic email greetings and signoffs.\n\nFor more on this question, check out our Season 2 episode \u201cHow are you?\u201d where we explore what this question means when you\u2019re grieving.\n\nConnect with Deborah on Facebook: @deborah.tannen.1\n\nFollow us!\nTwitter: @IQ_Podcast\nInstagram: @IQ_Podcast\n\nFor transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcastnews/inappropriate-questions-transcripts-listen-1.6740372