is 'what's up?' a shortened form of 'what have you been up to?'
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is 'what's up?' a shortened form of 'what have you been up to?'
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Of course not! All is much more easy.
http://lingvo.yandex.ru/be up/с английского/LingvoUniversal/
I know what that means, i am wondering about the etymology.
It originates as a greeting in the USA I think. I first heard it on an American tv show or film I think ( it was a long time ago when I first heard it ). The 'up' part means 'happening' or 'going on' as part of this greeting. In England we don't say 'what's up' as a greeting since 'what's up' means 'what's wrong?'.
yeah, definitely... )) i spent half a year in Britain, never heard it there))) SRobson, your post made me look 'be up' in the dictionary, now I think these two expressions I was asking about are unrelated. 'What's up' looks like just 'what has happened', 'what's wrong'....
"What's up" is usually a greeting in the states, a very informal one, but can also mean "what's wrong," with specific intonations.
что вверх?:dunno:
I say that to the Russian 'kids' at work. It confuses them as they are usually taught UK English, not the Americanized version.
General greeting.
I haven't seen (heard from) you in a while. What have you been doing?
What are you doing right now?
What is your current state of mind? (What's up with you?) Detected a heightened emotion.
now it's just... 'sup
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKWH2s6CuFg
Eight years later....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq8Uc5BFogE
another wassup :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGeLIDJ9zEk
so no relation to 'what have you been up to?' ??
what's up - как делишкиQuote:
Originally Posted by alexsms