Greeting

Greetings are things that are said when people meet each other. Greetings may be different from culture to culture. These are some greetings used a lot in the English language:

• "Hello"
• "Hi"
• "Hey"
• "Good [morning, afternoon, evening,night], Formal , which changes with the time of day
• "What's up?", "Yo", "What's up?", "'Sup" and "What's happening?", which are not formal
• "G'day", a greeting used a lot in Australia
• "Howdy", an informal greeting used a lot in rural areas of the United States
• "How do you do", which is used as a question in some places and a normal greeting in others
• "What is good, my neighbor?"
• "As-salamu alaykum", used in the Muslim world.

There are also ways to greet without talking, such as these:

• Handshakes
• Bowing
• Waving
• Hat-raising or tipping
• Kissing on the hand or cheek
• Hongi
• Kowtow
• Namaste, a common greeting in India
• Roman salute
• Hugging