A lot of times I say "hey" instead!
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Hey.
Listen!
I say howdy, though that makes some people mistakenly assume I’m from the south.
Happens to me all the time. Then if I append a y'all, outside of Texas, it's game over.
I'm in Indiana, and "Howdy y'all" flies perfectly fine here.
Howdy, howdy, howdy, I'm Woody
This is me in you form!
Yo. It's cringe AF for a pot-bellied, mid-50's white dude to say but it's kinda automatic.
Probably worse in my native French.
Its either that or Hey. Weirdly, hey is my more formal greeting I use on the corpos at work. Yo is for people I’m cool with.
'Sup?
a-hoy-hoy
I'm a "Moin" person. Northern German for ... Every conceivable greeting phrase on any time of day, night or apocalypse. And a complete conversation, too.
As a south German living in the north I like to throw a few "Servus" around now and then. Keeps people on their toes, never know just what to expect
I’m a hello, but I noticed my manager is a “hey how’s it’s going?” person. I asked him how many people actually tell him how things are going, and he said very few do. If we’re walking together, we now make note of the people who do or don’t answer.
.ʎɐp'ƃ ʎɐs ǝʍ os uɐᴉlɐɹʇsn∀
I live in colombia and i just learned a couple new ways to say hi that aren’t just “hola”
You can say:
¿Que mas? means what’s up?
¿Como vamos¿ means how are we doing?
¿Bien o que? means good or what?
All of them are greetings.
¿que onda? if you're a cool kid
That’s mexican spanish.
Buenas
¿Que tal?
I usually go with good morning, regardless of time of day
[nod]..... and if i really like you [nod up]
Or raised eyebrows and smirk if I’m tired.
It varies according to the time of the day and or who I'm greeting. I think I mostly say 'good morning' etc.
"Hey, guys"
I say howdy.
Casually, Hey Friends, Ay / yo Professionally, Hello
Context and all that.
Hi hi, or hoi hoi in Dutch.
It looks weird when I actually write it down though.
Depends:
"Hello" or "Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening" - express deference or with people I don't know
"Hi" - more casual, for coworkers or acquaintances
"Hey", "Yo", or "'Sup" - with close confidants
"Greetings" (with an over-pronounced T, I'm American) - flying the weird flag
I'm more of a Mrs Doubtfire "Helllllooooooo" type of person.
Usually some version of “Hey!”
Heya
I'm a more sinister, third thing (haiiiiiii!)
"Huhu" (I'm from Germany)
I'm an affectionate person to.my friends and tend to say 'hi honey!'.
If I am not familiar with the person, I'm a "hiya/heya" person.
If it's someone I'm familiar with/am glad to see, it's a super sweet "Hellloooooo!"
Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, good day.
Hi, or when I am speaking dutch: hi or hoi.
I’m surprised I’m not seeing more “what’s up, brother?”
I tend to use the version of 'alright?' that's not actually a question.
Wow. This really is casual convos
Either Gday, or ahoy hoy
Aaaayyooo
What's up my dudes?
I'm something else. At least that's what they tell me.
I stick to "How are ye?" most of the time I say something, otherwise just a nod or a wave.
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