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RA19, 307 days ago
HI,

I want to know more ways of greeting people in daily life.
Mostly time when I meet to a person, I say following:

Hi or Hello or Good morning or evening
and How are you?

please help me to learn more ways.

Thanks.
Kooyeen, 307 days ago
These are the first things I might say when I meet someone:

Normal or formal:
Hello
Good morning

Informal:
Morning (you leave out "good")
Hi
Hi there
Hey
Hey there
What's up? (Rather slangy)

Old fashioned:
Howdy

Like, toooootal slang:
Yo

That's just my set of greetings. There's got to be a lot more, so wait for someone else... Smile
Grammar Geek, 307 days ago

That's pretty comprehensive.

I do say "Howdy" but I'm kind of goofy, I guess.

I say "hey" too much. It's a bit too informaal for some settings.

 Hi, Margaret, nice to see you. Hi Peter, how's it going?

 

Tanit, 306 days ago
Hi,

There's also "hiya" ... very informal and used among young people in the UK.
RA19, 306 days ago
Hi,

Thanks for help:)

I never understand this word "howdy". Is it same as hi or something else?
RA19, 306 days ago
HI Tanit,

How do you pronounce this word "hiya".

Thanks:)
Tanit, 306 days ago
Hi Ra,

Try this.
RA19, 306 days ago
HI Grammar Geek,

Thanks for help:)

I have one more question. When we should say or what is mean by  "how do you do"?
Grammar Geek, 305 days ago
I think I've gone my entire life without uttering that phrase. It would be used the first time you are introduced to someone. I just say "Nice to meet you." It sounds very old fashioned to me, but perhaps it is still used in the UK or elsewhere.

 

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