When people ask how you are shouldn't the answer be I'm 'fine' or 'ok' or 'alright'. To say I'm 'Good' doesn't make sense to me. I remember the first time I heard someone say it and I thought what sort of answer is that?
It's one of those little unimportant things that just bug me.
It wasn't until the other day when someone was on the One Show and they asked him how he was and he said "I'm Good". My Dad then said "why do people say that, it sounds stupid". I said to him I thought I was the only one who thought that.
Don't get me wrong, I don't lose sleep over it but we've all got unimportant things that bug us.

I'd imagine its an Americanism that's been absorbed into British lexicon.

I've said it before myself, although I do try to give the proper responces most of the time.

I always say i'm Bad when I have the flu or something!

Yep.... another ghastly Americanism, probably foisted upon us by "trending" on Facebook or Twitter.

When asked how I am, being British and determined to continue to speak my own language like a Briton, I reply: I'm fine thank you. How are you?"

Seven words.... Hmmmm... come to think of it, given the comments I've had about some of my posts, there are probably too many words in that sentence for some, but I'll stick with it anyway.

Urrrgh just another Americanism.

and why start every sentence with So....?

All right.

Alright isn't a word.

Saying I'm good is fine if all is good with you.

I have to be honest, it doesn't sound weird to me. I didn't realise it was an Americanism.

'Well' would be more appropriate.


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It isn't an Americanism, it's just a common grammatical mistake. Not every irksome turn of phrase is due to our friends across The Pond.

'Good' is probably a much better reply than 'It's none of your business'

Doesn't sound odd to me in the slightest. But then again I tend not to notice a heck of a lot of Americanisms that seem to wind a lot of British people up.

Being British and speaking like a Briton what do you reply if you're not fine?

I'll say "I'm Good" instead of saying none-of-your-business

Because speaking casually is a thing.

* if it's an Americanism it's an old one, people were saying it 20+ years ago *

It's fine with me too. In Norway, if you ask someone how they're doing, one response you can get back is "Jeg har det bra" which means "I'm fine" (literally "I have it good") so it's not unusual in other languages either.

I've got to that age now where pointless pleasantries aren't used anymore and if someone asks me how I am, I reel off a list of things that I have wrong with me.

I don't like being asked either. It's usually just meant as a 'hello' without the slightest interest in how you really are, and you're expected to put the asker at ease by saying that you're 'alright', rather than them giving an actual sh*t.

Similar to the German 'es geht mir gut'

See the thread about 'gotten'.

Good.

You can't say "I'm okay"!

That's an Americanism .... even if does tend to used by people who moan about Americanisms!

Superman's doing good. You're doing well.

Or something.

I sometimes say 'I'm Good' when asked how I am. Pretty much saying 'I'm Feeling Good'.... don't see a problem with that myself.

Oh and by the way, how are you?

Just be glad they've said "good" instead of droning on about their health problems and their dead gerbil.

Which is ironic given lexicon is derived from Greek.