Do you know the idiom “Never judge a book by its cover”? Literally translated as “never judge a book by its cover”, the equivalent in Russian is “they greet you by their clothes, they see you off by their intelligence.” It turns out that this is not entirely true.
American scientists have conducted a number of experiments that prove that the first impression is often the most correct.
We don’t know how it is with books, but you have less than a minute to make the desired impression. And correctly said “hello” or “hello” will tell your interlocutor a lot about the depth of your knowledge in English.
We will not write about the traditional “Hello” and “Good evening”. Let's leave this topic. Let's talk about unconventional, emotional and cheerful greetings - both with colleagues and friends.
Formal greetings
Relevant at work and business meetings, when communicating with unfamiliar people. The traditional question “How are you doing?” can be replaced with “How is everything?” If you haven’t seen each other for a long time, then the following options would be appropriate:
- What's new?- What's new?/How are you?
Doesn't require an answer. Unless, of course, you are the hero of a joke who, in response to a formal question, begins a long story :-).
- What have you been up to all these years?– Where did you go?/What have you been doing all this time?
- I’m glad we have the chance to get together.– I am glad that we were lucky enough to meet.
- It's always a pleasure to see you.– I’m always glad to see you.
- It has been a long time./It’s been too long./How long has it been?- Long time no see.
Informal greetings
If you meet with friends or good acquaintances, you can greet less formally. For example, joyfully exclaim “Hey!” Just don’t address strangers this way, because they will frantically begin to remember how they know you.
- What's up, (man/dude/bro/name)?– Hello./Hello./How are you?
It sounds cool and friendly and doesn't involve a long, drawn-out answer.
- Sup?
A slang version of "What"s up?" for teenagers. Or those who want to seem like one :-).
- Howdy- Hello!
Cowboy slang, used in the southern states.
- Well hello!- Well, hello!
If you were surprised when you met or haven’t seen each other for a long time.
- Why hello there!- Hey, hi!
Expresses interest in a person of the opposite sex with a certain intonation. This is how you can address your girlfriend/boyfriend or your wife/husband.
- Yo!- Great!
Hip-hop slang. Without a certain surroundings it sounds stupid.
- (Hey) Good to see you!- Glad to see you!
- (Hey) How are things (with you)?– How are you?/How are you?
- How's life been treating you?- How are you doing?
- What's crackin'?- Well, what do you have?
A very informal greeting. It is advisable to use with interlocutors of your own age.
- What's good?– What's good?/What's new?
- What's happening?– How’s life?/How are you?
If you haven’t seen a friend for a long time, then choose from the following options:
- Long time no see.– How many years, how many winters!/I haven’t seen you for a hundred years!/Who do I see!
- Where have you been hiding?-Where did you go?
- It’s been ages (since I’ve seen you).– An eternity has passed (since we saw each other)
- What's the latest?- What's new?
- Hello, stranger!- Hello, where have you been?
- Look who it is!- Look who's here!
- Top of the morning to you!- Good morning to you!
- Look what the cat dragged in!- Look who showed up!
The last one is a funny, comic greeting when you compare your interlocutor with a not-quite-live mouse that was dragged by a cat. But remember that not everyone has a good sense of humor!
How do you greet? And what is your favorite greeting?
A greeting is how every dialogue with any person begins, regardless of whether you communicate in Russian, English or any other language. Therefore, for beginners who love the English language, it is especially important to know what greetings are usually used when communicating with certain people. This will help initially set the framework and tone for further conversation. How to lead welcome dialogues in English
Dependence of dialogue on the situation
Next, the dialogue should develop depending on the situation. There can be many variations of the continuation of the conversation: these will be the so-called middle parts of the dialogues. Therefore, we will first present several possible wordings of farewell in English − saying goodbye:
- Good-bye! - All the best! (Goodbye!)
- Bye-Bye! or simply Bye! — Bye!
- So long! — Bye! (See you!)
- See you later. — See you later. (I'll meet you later)
- See you (soon). - See you soon. or See you soon.
- Have a good (nice, fine) day! — I wish you a pleasant (successful, good) day!
Now, after learning the basic wording of greetings and farewells in English, we can model any greeting dialogues. They will include simple phrases that are understandable even for beginners. Let's look at some examples of English dialogue.
An example of friendly and respectful English dialogue
Let's study greetings in songs:
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IN everyday life we often use foreign words without thinking about their content. One such term is Hi-Fi. We say: “Hi-Fi equipment”, “Hi-Fi industry” and even “everything will be Hi-Fi”. This always implies something of high quality, serious, but at the same time quite affordable if you save some money. So what is hi-fi really?
Hi-Fi acronym derived from English words High Fidelity. Literal translation This expression means “high fidelity.” Notice the word “fidelity.” It is this that is used, and not “precision” or “clarity” (definition). The point is that audio and visual information reaches the listener correctly, that is, it is implied the whole complex characteristics that provide signal transmission with low distortion. For comparison, the term “high definition” also exists and is now actively used when promoting certain products. But it indicates only one side of the issue of high-quality video playback - the number of lines in the image. However, if we decompose the image into larger number lines than usual, but, say, we do not ensure high-quality reproduction of colors, then this will not be a faithful rendering.
People have been interested in the problem of assessing the fidelity of sound reproduction since the dawn of sound recording. In the 19th century, a recording was considered to be of high quality if a dog recognized its owner's voice as played on a gramophone. That's why, in 1899, a dog sitting by a gramophone became the logo of the record company EMI.
The term High Fidelity appeared in the 50s of the 20th century. Those times were turning points for the home appliance industry. 78 rpm records characterized by high level noise, gave way to vinyl discs. The first experiments in the field of stereophonic recording are being made. The first household tape recorders appeared. FM radio broadcasting is developing, providing more high quality sound compared to AM stations. But it was difficult for ordinary users to understand all this variety of new products, and then they came up with a term denoting equipment that reproduces sound better than before. Please note that at first High Fidelity applied only to sound. 
In the 60s and 70s, household equipment improved significantly and devices that provided quite acceptable sound quality became widespread. Then the need arose to separate “very good” equipment from “just good” equipment. In 1973, the West German standardization institute DIN created the DIN 45000 standard, which for the first time formulated the requirements for High Fidelity class equipment. We will not give this standard in full here; as an example, we will only give the standards for the amplifier. In order for an amplifier to be classified as High Fidelity, the range of reproduced frequencies must lie in the range from 40 Hz to 16 kHz with an uneven frequency response of no more than +/- 1.5 dB. The nonlinear distortion factor in the range of 40 – 12500 Hz should not exceed 1%. Of course, these parameters may make someone smile. Much higher performance can now be found even in the cheapest equipment. But let's not forget that DIN 45000 described characteristics that were measured in a strictly defined way. And manufacturers of cheap equipment often measure the parameters of their products in modes that have nothing to do with real operating conditions and get high results, although in fact the sound quality is not very good. If we honestly measure according to DIN 45000, then even today very few equipment samples will meet this standard. 
In the 70s, the first household VCRs and Laser Video Disc (LD) players appeared. Then, in the 70s, the term High Fidelity was shortened to the abbreviation Hi-Fi.
The advent of household video equipment led to the spread of the term Hi-Fi to video. However, nothing similar to the DIN 45000 standard has been created for video. Therefore, the use of the concept of Hi-Fi in relation to video is arbitrary; everyone has their own understanding. Sometimes it is assumed that an audio-video system meets Hi-Fi requirements if the audio in it meets this standard.
In the 80s, the term Hi-Fi, one might say, took on a life of its own, not directly related to the DIN 45000 standard. This began to mean everything that provides high quality sound and image. By the way, the DIN 45000 standard has survived to this day, but, as already noted, not every manufacturer will dare to use it.
In general, the term Hi-Fi in our time should be understood as equipment that ensures high fidelity of reproduction by using modern technologies, suitable for large-scale production. When it comes to custom assembly and customization, widespread use precious metals and special alloys, as well as reproduction features that cannot be described mathematical formulas, this is where the High End begins. But this is a topic for a separate article.
Greetings in English are very simple theme when taught in school, but is quite tricky when it comes to communicating with foreigners, especially abroad, where you often have to greet strangers.
Many people have doubts about how to correctly answer questions inseparable from greetings like “How are you?”, “How are you doing?”, “What’s up?” It turns out that, for example, Americans, when asked “How are you doing?” They can briefly say how they are doing (“Good!”), or they can answer with the same question. So what is the right way?
Greetings in English and questions like “How are you?”
Either way is correct, depending on the situation.
Greetings in English usually consist of two parts:
- The greeting itself, for example: Hello.
- A question like “How are you?”, for example: How are you?
In most cases, a question like “How are you?” - this is just a polite formula; you are expected to give a formal answer, not a detailed one. Although it all depends on the context. If you say hello to a colleague who passes by with a stack of papers and a puzzled expression on his face, then he is definitely not expecting news from you, but if in a relaxed atmosphere with a friend whom you have not seen for a couple of months, then you can chat.
In addition, it often happens that the question “How are you?” - this is not at all not a question, but a greeting, and in response you just need to say hello. This is the case when the phrase “How are doing” is answered with “How are you doing” (in this case, the phrase usually sounds like a statement, not a question).
Here are the greeting options.
- Hello– neutral “hello” or “hello”. Appropriate in any situation, you can say hello to a friend, boss, doctor, president. Also “hello” is “hello” in .
- Hi– a more friendly option, “hello.” This way you can say hello to friends, relatives, and strangers, but it is not suitable for a strict official setting.
- Hey- a completely informal “hello”, something like our “great!” Please note that hey can be either an attention-getting shout or a greeting.
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Greetings associated with the time of day. A neutral way of greeting, this can be said to a colleague, a friend, and in an official setting.
- Good morning- Good morning.
- Good afternoon- Good afternoon.
- Good evening- Good evening.
- note that Good night- This is not a night greeting, but a good night wish.
Now let’s take the “Hi” greeting and add the “How are you?” part.
Hi! How are you? - "How are you?"
A universal question that is suitable for any setting, formal or informal. When answering this question, it is customary to add “thank you” or “thanks” (this is not always done) before or after the answer and then also ask how the interlocutor is doing:
- Very well, thank you. How are you? is a very formal way to answer this question.
- I'm fine, thank you! How are you?
- Not bad, and you?
- Good! Thanks! And you? (the answer “good” here is not entirely grammatically correct, but that’s what they say).
- Thanks, I'm ok. And you?
- Great! Thanks! How are you?
Hi! How is it going? / How are you doing? - “How are you doing?”, “How are you?”
When answering this question, you don’t need to focus on the fact that it contains a verb in , and try to answer with a verb in this form as well. You can answer in the same way as the question “How are you?”:
- Thanks, good. And you?
- Fine, how are you?
- etc.
Hi! What's up? - “What's new?”
A very popular greeting option, especially among young people. How to respond to “What’s up?” If this is a question, you can do this:
- Nothing much.
- Not too much.
- Nothing new.
- Nothing.
- Same old.
- Same old, same old.
All this means about the same thing: nothing special.
But in most cases, “What’s up?” - This is not a question that needs to be answered, but simply a greeting.
When you don't need to say how you are doing
All of the above questions can be used not as questions to be answered, but simply as greetings. This is especially true for “What’s up”. In most cases, when you are told “Hey, what’s up?” - this is not a question, but simply a greeting, as if you were simply told “Hey” or “Hi”.
The dialogue might look like this:
Colleagues walk past each other in the corridor, both are in a hurry.
- Hey, what's up.
– What’s up / Hi / How are you doing.
And they ran away.
Another option.
You entered the store. The seller, pushing a cart with goods in front of him, waved his hand and, smiling, said hello:
– Hi, how are you doing,– and drove on, without waiting for an answer.
– How are you doing,- you answered and went about your business.
Here's how to distinguish a question from a greeting:
- The person who said hello was walking somewhere past, said hello just for the sake of decency and moved on without waiting for an answer.
- They shouted an unintelligible “How you doin” to you, waving their hand in greeting.
- The intonation is as in an affirmative sentence, not an interrogative one. In the examples, I deliberately did not put question marks at the end of the sentences.
