Is "You alright" a plebby / commoner greeting?

I go to uni so mainly surrounded by middle class people and everyone says 'you alright' but I hate it. Are u even supposed to answer that

but yeah definitely not a 'plebs' thing

Somehow "You alright" or even "Yrite Mate" has become one of the most used greetings in England. It doesn't really sound very classy, so I was wondering if it is more lower class / pleb people who use this, as opposed to the more classy people who would instead greet people with "How are you?"

Oh no get a life. What the f is a 'pleb person'...that's so childish. Grow up.

Yeah I can't stand it either... Where did it even come from?! Aren't you only meant to say "Are you alright?" to someone if they are hurt or something lol?!

I know!! It makes no sense. And I never know what to say. Are u supposed to say yes im alright or ask them if theyre alright as well? WTF Why not the good old fashioned 'hi'?

Person 1: yaalright? (said in one word)
Person 2: yeah, yaalright?
Person 1: yeah


It isn't really hard.

No, it's not. It is just a way to get all the greeting/small talk crap out of the way quickly.

But it does confuse the hell out of Americans. Lost count of the number of times I said "alright" at one, for them to respond with "I am very well thank you, how are you today?". That requires me to to grunt "alright" again, quite a chore for a misanthrope like myself.

so pretentious. are you from a cave? it's only polite to say, "all right?" back. If anything they're being nice and asking if, yes, you are ok. It's similar to, "what's up?" or "what's going on?" Only a prick would be offended. Didn't know you had to be classy whilst asking someone how their day is going.

But why can't they say what people from every other country says: "Hello / Hey / Hi" or "How are you". It just sounds really bad and a lower class thing to say.

But why can't they say what people from every other country says: "Hello / Hey / Hi" or "How are you". It just sounds really bad and a lower class thing to say.

Tis indeed. I tend to say something like 'Hey', or 'Hello there' (if I'm feeling formal), myself

normal people say it