Greeting (also called accosting) is a way for human beings (as well as other members of the animal kingdom) to intentionally communicate awareness of each other's presence, 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.
As with many forms of communication, greeting habits are highly culture- and situation-specific and may change within a culture depending on social status and relationship; the [phenomenon] as such exists in all known human cultures, though.
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.
Some epochs and cultures have had very elaborate greeting rituals, e.g., greeting of a king.
Secret societies have clandestine greeting rituals that allow members to recognize common membership.
Written English
By convention, formal letters in English commence with the salutation "Dear" followed by the name or title of the recipient.
If the name or title of the recipient is unknown, then it is conventional to write "Dear Sir," or "Dear Madam," or where the sex of the recipient is also unknown, "Dear Sir/Madam," or "Dear Sir or Madam" is used.
In other forms of written communication (such as fax or email), or in informal messages the salutation is often absent or replaced with a personal variant.
1.Please introduce yourselves!
2.What is your favorite English Greeting?
3.What do you think a different point in japanese Greeting and english greeting?
1.Please introduce yourselves!
My name's midori. Mixi'name is “Bel”. Its original word is “Belgium”.
I lived in Belgium until last year, because my husband transfered there and had worked.
(Speaking detail, I couldn't get a VISA, so I got there and back every 3 months.)
I like Belgium. I recommend going there if you travel to Europe.
※Please call me midori. (my name is in the bible. original word is “green”)
My goal is enjoying English.
I have been taken to pub by my friends to train my English.
↑連れて行かれたと言いたかった。
I couldn't speak English but we had very great night.
So I wanna enjoy beer time with many people.
I want to go to Oktoberfest and drink with many foreigners.
2.What is your favorite English Greeting?
I like “Have a good day!” and “Have a nice weekend!”
I think there is not a custom of these greeting in Japan.
These greeting make me happy a little bit.
3.What do you think a different point in japanese Greeting and english greeting?
The different between Japanese and foreigners is an expression of their face, I think.
Most Belgian smile and give me a wink when my eyes met theirs.
It's naturally. I felt the different of the gene.