GREETING

Greeting is an act of communication in which human beings (as well as other members of the animal kingdom) intentionally make their presence known to each other, to show attention to, and to suggest a type of relationship or social status between individuals or groups of people coming in contact with each other. While greeting customs are highly culture- and situation-specific and may change within a culture depending on social status and relationship, they exist in all known human cultures. Greetings can be expressed both audibly and physically, and often involve a combination of the two. This topic excludes military and ceremonial salutes but includes rituals other than gestures.

Greetings are often, but not always, used just prior to a conversation.

Greeting:
- Formal
- Informal

Formal Greetings
• Good Morning (until about lunch time, before 12 a.m)
• Good Afternoon (12-6 p.m)
• Good Evening (until about 9 p.m)
• Good Morning, Sir. Ma’am

Informal Greetings
• Hi, Elsa!
• Morning, Anna!
• Hello/hi!

Initial Greetings
• How are you?
• How’s it doing?
• How are you doing?
• How’s life?

Responding to initial greeting:
- Very well, thank you. How about you?
- I’m good/okay/alright.
- Oh, pretty good.
- Not too bad
- Fine.
- Excellent.

Pre closing:
- Ok Then
- I’ve got to go now
- So, I’ll see you next time
- I think I’d be going now?
- I must be going home!

Closing / leave taking :
- Good bye (formal/informal)
- Bye-bye, bye; now. See you. Take care
- See you later
- See you soon
- See you tonight
- Good night (after 8 p.m or retiring to bed)