Hi, Hello, Aloha, Hola, Bon jour, G’day, Howdy, Shalom, Hey.

How do you greet a person you meet on the street? What word leaves your lips when you nod your head in recognition? Through out the world there are many different greetings. Some carry deep meaning and bestow blessing upon the receipient and others just say “I see you”. What’s in a greeting and what does it say about the culture that adopts it?