Brits are more likely to greet each other with a breezy “Hi” or “Hiya” – than the more formal “Hello”, a study has found. A poll of 2,000 Brits found almost half (47%) feel that saying “Hello” when ...

Every new conversation starts with a greeting. It can be a face-to face conversation or a telephonic conversation. Greeting is an expression which has to be used first when you meet someone or speak ...

How do you do? is very formal and is not used very much, especially by younger people, these days. It may be used on first meeting and accompanied by a formal handshake when both partners issue the ...

Pilita Clark’s discussion about salutations (“The strange death of the salutation”, Business Life, March 21) in email communications was a welcome distraction from the preceding pages, all full of ...

Celebrate World Hello Day with a joyful tour of how to say “hello” in 23 languages. A fun, warm reminder that simple ...

It’s hard to be neighborly when you’re raising two kids as a single mom and working long hours. That’s where my sheltie, Dancer, came to my rescue. My sweet boy’s cuteness (of which he was well aware) ...

The most popular greetings used in daily life today are instead a casual “Hi”, by 52 per cent of adults, or a cheery “Hiya”, favoured by 39 per cent. But the word “Hi” actually predates “Hello”, ...