Sometimes we must make accommodations to the common parlance.
Which one sounds best to your ear? Is there a better alternative to the 1st sentence?
Where are you coming from?
From where are you coming?
Whence comest thou?
Not that I can think of here.
Which one sounds best to your ear?
Not much of a standard; supposing I’m from a ghetto in LA or Philly? Good grammar, syntax and English would sound ridiculous to me.
How about, “You’re coming from where?”