What type functions mean on a language level

[Stefan Koch]

On Saturday, 2 January 2021 at 11:59:39 UTC, claptrap wrote:
> On Friday, 1 January 2021 at 23:26:58 UTC, Stefan Koch wrote:
>> [...]
>
> Welcome to the UK. Some small advice for the newcomer ;)
>
> If someone says "how are you" or "alright", it's a greeting, 
> they dont actually want to know if you are alright. They would 
> be happy with a concise "Im OK", or "Not bad" in response but 
> they dont generally want more than one sentence.
>
> [...]

Hmm that wasn't exactly the response I was expecting.
But thanks for the advise anyways!

Luckily my social contacts are minimal :)