How We Greet One Another

[17th Angel]

Originally Posted by flowperson

Felicitous Salutations 17th and prober !

You guys are both nuts !

flow....

You been talking to my shrink? That man does nothing but spread nasty rumours.... ;/

[Tao_Equus]

You'd be amazed at what old threads I browse

Originally Posted by Prober;

And, if you start out nice, maybe it's harder to argue meanly.

(Stupid dumbass moron, How are you? I am fine. Last summer, in band camp...I...)

As I lived in Greece and gradualy learned the language I was amazed to find that all young Greek men, and I mean all in that I never once heard differently, greet each other in this way: "How are you wanker". (only highlight if you dont mind foul language). You do occasionaly get foul-mouthed greetings here but it's far from normal and I think this to be an entirely Greek habit.

TE

[InLove]

Hi. Peace To All Here!

Sometimes I dread what may surface when I see an old thread suddenly revisited. But this is one of my favorites. I enjoyed running to and fro, board to board, on a real fact-finding mission in hopes of promoting understanding. It is the kind of work I love!

Funny how I am still a little nervous about greetings and how I use them. But the discovery that most of the variations on any particular greeting stem from language more often than religion helps a bit.

Anyway, thanks for exhuming this body of paragraphs once again, TE. I've been reading back through it, remembering with fondness some folks who contributed who might not be posting anymore, and looking forward with equal enthusiasm to possible input from newer members.

InPeace,
InLove

[Prober]

Originally Posted by Tao_Equus

"How are you wanker". (only highlight if you dont mind foul language). You do occasionaly get foul-mouthed greetings here but it's far from normal and I think this to be an entirely Greek habit.

TE

That remends me of a joke, but nevermind!

[17th Angel]

Originally Posted by Prober

That remends me of a joke, but nevermind!

That old chestnut? I'd save that for another time...

[Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine]

*mewl*

Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine

[dauer]

Not on this forum, but elsewhere I have a number of different greetings, some that I will use less frequently and some that I will use more frequently. The one that I use is mostly random but sometimes it will be based on what the other person says to me first or on my relationship with them.