I'm not making fun, just observing a local tradition...
Friend: Hey, how's Stephan doing today?
Stephan: Um, me? I'm... uh... ok.
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Other friend: How's Anna doing today?
Anna: Which?... Are you talking to?... Oh, me? I'm good. Thanks.
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Maybe I'm just not used to being spoken to in the third person, but it does throw me off every time. And, actually, it makes me think about myself in the third person. "How IS she doing?" And I evaluate, and I respond thoughtfully, if not a bit slowly. Causing some people in town to think I'm just habitually not paying attention.
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