{"id":11,"date":"2011-12-14T14:38:28","date_gmt":"2011-12-14T19:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/?p=11"},"modified":"2012-01-04T14:50:18","modified_gmt":"2012-01-04T19:50:18","slug":"hi-hiya-howdy-hey-and-hello","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/hi-hiya-howdy-hey-and-hello\/","title":{"rendered":"Hi, hiya, howdy, hey and hello!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello and welcome!<\/strong><\/p>\n

My name is Erin Gabrielson and I am the writer for this new blog on English language and culture for Transparent Language.\u00a0 My “handle” or blog name is gabriele, which is a combination of part of my last name (gabriel) and the first letter of my first name (e).\u00a0\u00a0 I am so excited to begin writing this blog and share with you all about English language, linguistics, and American culture!\u00a0 For this first blog post I would like to introduce myself to you and simple say “hello”.<\/p>\n

First of all, I am a traveler and adventurer by nature and teacher and psychologist by profession.\u00a0 I have studied different languages since I was child and for as long as I can remember I have been fascinated by languages\/words and culture\/customs.\u00a0 Over the years have learned to speak and sign the following languages to some extent: Spanish, French, American Sign Language, and Portuguese.\u00a0 I studied Portuguese as my undergraduate major, then went on to study Linguistics for my Master’s degree.\u00a0 I finished my formal education in 2010 with a doctorate in Clinical Psychology.\u00a0 Since 2004 I have studied language acquisition and taught English as a Second Language to adults in Brazil and colleges in the United States.\u00a0 I currently work primarily in the field of psychology, but I continue to stay connected to the language learning and education field in many ways (this blog being one of them). I truly do have a passion for learning about different languages and cultures.\u00a0 Learning about other languages and cultures has also allowed me to examine my own native language (English) and culture (American) from a unique perspective. I look forward to sharing some of this perspective with you on this blog.\u00a0 As I mentioned at the beginning of this introduction, I am a traveler and adventurer by nature.\u00a0 My travels have in fact fueled much of my language learning and cultural exploration.\u00a0 I have traveled to 29 counties so far and will be stepping foot in my 30th new country (Costa Rica) in the beginning of 2012.\u00a0 I have also lived for extended periods of time in Uruguay, Brazil, Belgium, and Portugal over the years.\u00a0 I have included here a picture of me with a camel from my travels in Mongolia in 2010 so you can put a face to the person who will be writing this blog I hope you will be reading.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I hope this brief introduction gives you a little idea of who I am and where I am coming from in writing this blog. I am sure as you follow the blog you will be learning more about me, my interest in language learning, teaching, and culture.\u00a0 I welcome your thoughts, questions, and comments and look forward to sharing with you about the English language and American culture.<\/p>\n

-Erin (aka gabriele)<\/p>\n

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In this first post I’m including a list of 5 common ways to say “hello”<\/strong> that you might want to work into your everyday vocabulary:<\/p>\n

1) “Hi”<\/strong>
\nThis is a very common shortened version of “hello.”<\/p>\n

2) “Hey”<\/strong>
\nAnother sort and casual way of saying “hello”, which is pronounced the same way as “hay,” which is horse food, but is obviously spelled differently.<\/p>\n

3) “Howdy”<\/strong>
\nThis is considered a very western or country greeting.\u00a0 You might hear a cowboy use it, but it is an appropriate informal “hello” for everyone to use.<\/p>\n

4) “Hiya”<\/strong>
\nThis is a particularly informal greeting.\u00a0 It is often used by someone in an excited mood and who know each other well.<\/p>\n

5) “Greetings”<\/strong>
\nThis is an older, slightly more formal “hello,” but one that certainly belongs in the family of “helloes” that you can work into your vocabulary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Hello and welcome! My name is Erin Gabrielson and I am the writer for this new blog on English language and culture for Transparent Language.\u00a0 My “handle” or blog name is gabriele, which is a combination of part of my last name (gabriel) and the first letter of my first name (e).\u00a0\u00a0 I am so…<\/p>\n

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