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

Greeting Media

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  Translations of the word welcome shown in many places frequented by foreigners or tourists to welcome people of all different nationalities.

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  The civilian Secretary General of NATO Joseph Luns from the Netherlands tips his hat at a troop review in 1983, in lieu of a military salute. This (the full gesture is shown here) was by then becoming old-fashioned as a general social greeting, but had once been normal.

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  Chinese greeting (Fist-and-palm) practised by Tsai Ing-wen, President of the Republic of China (Taiwan)

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  Namaste greeting – a common cultural practice in India

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  Denis Thatcher, husband of former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Margaret Thatcher, greets former American First Lady Nancy Reagan by kissing her hand, 1988.

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  The commander of Operation United Assistance using an elbow bump greeting while combating Ebola in Liberia in 2014

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  Steven Gerrard performing a Wai

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  El usuario Roberto Fiadone saludando desde un coche del Ferrocarril General Belgrano de la red ferroviaria argentina.