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# Greeting

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Greetings are nice things to say 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", and "hey"
- "Good [morning, afternoon, evening], which changes with the time of day
- "What's up?", "Yo", "What's up?", 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

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
- Roman salute

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