What brings you here?

Fig. What is your reason for being here? (A polite request for this information. More polite than "Why are you here?") Tom: Hello, Mary. What brings you here? Mary: I was invited, just like you. Doctor: Well, John, what brings you here? John: I've had this cough for nearly a month, and I think it needs looking into.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Albert	AL-bərt (English), al-BER (French), AHL-bert (German, Polish), AHL-bərt (Dutch)	English, French, Catalan, German, Polish, Russian, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Rom
Aada	AH:-dah	Finnish
Eder (2)	-	Basque
Garry	['gæri]
Morgan (1)	MAWR-gən (English)	Welsh, English, French
Mare	MAH-re (Croatian)	Estonian, Slovene, Macedonian, Croatian