What does the phrase "How now?" mean?
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"How now?" is an old-fashioned way of asking "What do we have here (all of a sudden)?" or "What's the situation (at the moment)?" or "How are things going (since the last time I asked you)?"
It is old enough to be found in Shakespeare.
The humourous phrase "How now, brown cow?" is a famous demonstration of a diphthong in elocution.
It is old enough to be found in Shakespeare.
The humourous phrase "How now, brown cow?" is a famous demonstration of a diphthong in elocution.