{"id":7067,"date":"2019-08-01T14:49:48","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T18:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/?p=7067"},"modified":"2019-08-01T14:49:48","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T18:49:48","slug":"casual-greetings-in-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/casual-greetings-in-english\/","title":{"rendered":"Casual Greetings in English"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_7070\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7070\" class=\"wp-image-7070 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2019\/08\/Greetings-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2019\/08\/Greetings-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2019\/08\/Greetings-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2019\/08\/Greetings-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2019\/08\/Greetings.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7070\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo courtesy of Pixabay, CCO<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We are all familiar with the standard, more formal expressions upon meeting someone.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Hello<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Hi, it\u2019s nice to meet you.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Good morning\/afternoon\/evening.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>I\u2019m pleased to meet you.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>However, what do you say when you know someone well but you\u2019re seeing them for the first time after a day or so? I pass coworkers in the office every day. It\u2019s polite to say something to them. Or, when I see a friend or relative that I haven\u2019t seen in awhile, how do I greet them? In fact, there are many ways to say hello in casual settings.<\/p>\n<p>I recently had an experience in which someone warmly greeted me in a grocery store, and I had absolutely no idea who this person was. I heard a woman\u2019s voice call out my name, so I turned and saw a woman walking toward me. She said, \u201cI thought that was you!\u201d and she threw out her arms and gave me a big hug.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHi,\u201d I said. \u201cHow are you? What are you up to?\u201d The whole time I\u2019m thinking, <em>Where do I know this person from?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>She went on to tell me that she had just returned from seeing her mother who had a recent health scare, we talked about the weather, she hugged me goodbye, and we parted. I realized who she was about 15 hours later.<\/p>\n<p>I didn\u2019t want to be rude and ask her who she was. After all, she clearly knew me. But, sometimes you\u2019ll run into someone outside of the normal circumstances that you associate with them and it seems difficult to make the connection. I have no idea if she ever figured out that I didn\u2019t recognize her, but I think that I made polite conversation under the circumstances. And, more importantly, I greeted her in a normal, casually friendly way.<\/p>\n<p>If I pass one of my coworkers in the offices of Transparent Language, I will usually acknowledge that person by name, often with some other greeting attached.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Hey, Andy.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>What\u2019s up, Todd?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>How are you doing, Priscilla?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>What\u2019s happening, Tom?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>How&#8217;s your day going, Janet?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What if it\u2019s someone whom I don\u2019t know well?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Hey, man!<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>How are ya?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>How\u2019s it going?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Hey, s\u2019up?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are some good, one-word phrases of acknowledgment.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cheers!<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Yo!<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Hey!<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Howdy!<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Yo is an abbreviation of, \u201cHey you.\u201d S\u2019up is an abbreviation for, \u201cWhat\u2019s up?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What if you run into a group of people? Even if you don\u2019t know everyone in the group, you can greet everyone together.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Hey guys!<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Look who\u2019s here!<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And if you haven\u2019t seen someone in a long time?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>How\u2019s life been treating you?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Look at you! It\u2019s been a while.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Hey, what\u2019s new?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>How\u2019ve you been?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>What are you up to these days?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Notice how many casual greetings begin with, \u201cHey\u201d? If \u201cHi\u201d is the casual form of \u201cHello\u201d, then \u201cHey\u201d is the casual form of \u201cHi\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, I\u2019ll share with you the greeting I give to my male cat (and one or two very close male friends). You have to be very selective when using this greeting, and never greet a woman this way.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dude!<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And remember, if someone greets you and you don&#8217;t know who they are, just act cool and keep the conversation simple. You&#8217;ll probably remember who it is eventually.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2019\/08\/Greetings-350x263.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2019\/08\/Greetings-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2019\/08\/Greetings-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2019\/08\/Greetings-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2019\/08\/Greetings.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>We are all familiar with the standard, more formal expressions upon meeting someone. Hello Hi, it\u2019s nice to meet you. Good morning\/afternoon\/evening. I\u2019m pleased to meet you. However, what do you say when you know someone well but you\u2019re seeing them for the first time after a day or so? 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