Those two words just don’t go together in any way that I can fathom that creates the meaning of the phrase
Think ‘what about’ is a contraction of ‘what say you about…’ which makes sense. Then at some point how became an accepted replacement for what. Reckon we can blame Americans but I’ll let @scagden confirm
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It’s a contraction - like the one Aggpass gave - of ‘how would you feel about…’
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How no?
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Always.
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It’s simply the act of putting them together which creates the meaning.
Trying to reverse engineer some sort of sequence of changes which explains it is a waste of time.
how about shut up
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my daughter has started saying “here we come” when i think she means “here we go”
not sure it belongs in this thread but i’ve typed it out now and i won’t be removing it
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That’s etymology told
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Here’s a long answer that I’ve not read
Perfectly cromulent imo
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How?
A Native American stumbling across a wrestling match
How no?
How’s about we switch it up a bit?
I’m a big fan of your one man crusade.
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Oh dear I’ve drastically misjudged the tone of this forum
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