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Originally Posted By: PastorVonI remember hearing "wie geht es einen" and "vo gehen sie," meaning essentially the same thing.
I've never heard "wie geht es einen." I've heard "wie geht es Ihnen," which means "How is it going?" polite style, often shortened in more infromal contexts to "wie geht's?" "Wo gehen Sie?" is the polite version of "where are you going?" Both are pretty much standard Hochdeutsch.
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