How do you Greet People???
By Amanda
@amandajay (23262)
New Zealand
January 1, 2017 7:09pm CST
We are from all over the world... We have different cultures and languages... As we use "Hello" in English, there are many different Words which we use to Greet people.
In my country we use "Ayubowan" to greet. Which means "Long Life"....
How do you Greet people in your language?
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@infatuatedbby (94909)
• United States
2 Jan 17
I say hello & smile! :)
But typically chao means hi and the persons name in Vietnamese
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@amandajay (23262)
• New Zealand
2 Jan 17
@infatuatedbby have a great time.. How was the day? What time you go back home?
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@immilind113 (607)
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2 Jan 17
Namaste .... From India.... though hello is very common...
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@allen0187 (59826)
• Philippines
2 Jan 17
Here in the Philippines, we usually say 'Kamusta ka?'. It literally means 'How are you?'.
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@allen0187 (59826)
• Philippines
2 Jan 17
@amandajay I'm fine. Thanks for asking. How are you? I hope you have a nice day as well.
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@amandajay (23262)
• New Zealand
2 Jan 17
@allen0187 welcome.... So far so good for me.... 
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@Mike197602 (15504)
• United Kingdom
2 Jan 17
In my job (kitchen) we greet each other with the most extreme abuse you could imagine
Outside of the UK and maybe Australia and possibly the US I doubt other countries will get this.
In the UK there is a thing called banter which is defined as "the playful and friendly exchange of teasing remarks."
In my kitchen amongst some of us there is a no limit banter which means we abuse each other constantly.
Some of the foreign workers don't get it at first but after a while we teach them some naughty words
Outside of the UK and maybe Australia and possibly the US I doubt other countries will get this.
In the UK there is a thing called banter which is defined as "the playful and friendly exchange of teasing remarks."
In my kitchen amongst some of us there is a no limit banter which means we abuse each other constantly.
Some of the foreign workers don't get it at first but after a while we teach them some naughty words2 people like this
@Mike197602 (15504)
• United Kingdom
2 Jan 17
@amandajay Not so much bad jokes.
we actually extremely abuse each other...saying very bad words.
It's very hard to explain to someone not used to it
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@amandajay (23262)
• New Zealand
2 Jan 17
@Mike197602 hehe yeah I can understand... When I was working, our male co-workers do such things to greet each other...
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@amandajay (23262)
• New Zealand
2 Jan 17
Haha thats so funny... You mean you tease people with bad jokes or something like that?
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@reskyyandi (3608)
• Indonesia
2 Jan 17
In Indonesia, we're smiling at people who we met and said 'Selamat Pagi/Siang/Malam'
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@reskyyandi (3608)
• Indonesia
3 Jan 17
@amandajay It means Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening
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@atoz1to10 (6780)
• Australia
2 Jan 17
I greet people by having a friendly smile on my face.... Like now... :)
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@amandajay (23262)
• New Zealand
2 Jan 17
Hehe thats nice if you but What I mean is the words you use...
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