Greeting is an act of communication in which human beings (as well as other members of the animal kingdom) intentionally make their presence known to each other, to show attention to, and to suggest a type of relationship or social status between individuals or groups of people coming in contact with each other. While greeting customs are highly culture- and situation-specific and may change within a culture depending on social status and relationship, they exist in all known human cultures. Greetings can be expressed both audibly and physically, and often involve a combination of the two. This topic excludes military and ceremonial salutes but includes rituals other than gestures.
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Formal Greetings
- Good morning (until about lunch time, before 12 a.m)
- Good afternoon (12-6 p.m)
- Good evening (until about 9 p.m)
- Good morning Sir, Ma'am,
Notes : Do not use "Good Bye" except in Australia.
- Good morning (until about lunch time, before 12 a.m)
- Good afternoon (12-6 p.m)
- Good evening (until about 9 p.m)
- Good morning Sir, Ma'am,
Notes : Do not use "Good Bye" except in Australia.
General greetings (Formal)
Hello!
How
are you?
How
are you doing?
How
is everything?
How’s
everything going?
How
have you been keeping?
I
trust that everything is well.
Greeting a person you haven’t seen for a long time (Formal)
•It has been a long time.
•It’s been too long.
•What have you been up to all these
years?
•It’s always a pleasure to see you.
•How long has it been?
•I’m so happy to see you again.
Informal Greetings
- Hi, Shanty !
- Morning, Tom !
- Hello..
General greetings (Informal)
•Hi.
•What’s up?
•Good to see you.
•How are things (with you)?
•How’s it going?
•How’s life been treating you?
Initial Greetings
- How are you ? I'm fine thank you.
- How's it doing ?
- How are you doing ?
- How's life ?
Responding to initial greetings
- Very well, thank you. And you ?
- I'm good/okay/alright
- Oh, pretty good
- Not too bad, thanks
- Fine, thanks
- Excellent
