{"id":7862,"date":"2017-09-11T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-11T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/\/?p=7862"},"modified":"2021-07-30T22:49:21","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T22:49:21","slug":"you-okay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/you-okay\/","title":{"rendered":"You Okay?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Monday Musings<\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/a>When I first moved to the UK I was rather unnerved by the typical greeting: “You okay?” \u00a0I wondered if I looked ill or if I was somehow wearing my pants (underwear) outside my trousers (pants). Were they asking if something was WRONG with me?<\/p>\n

Then a friend surmised (not sure how reliable this person is) that the greeting originated during the Blitz in London during World War II.<\/p>\n

It was a reassurance that a friend or stranger had survived intact. A quick check that they had indeed made it through. \u00a0“Okay? \u00a0You okay?”<\/p>\n

Now the greeting is a cursory, automatic response. It doesn’t unnerve me because, in fact, I am surviving just fine. And I answer: “Yeah, you?”<\/p>\n

But after catastrophic fire, flood, drought, and wind in the US maybe it’s worth taking a note from our British cousins. \u00a0You okay?<\/p>\n

Save<\/span>Save<\/span><\/p>\n

Save<\/span>Save<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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