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(Wikipedia)(Wikipedia) Greeting is a way for humans to intentionally communicate awareness of each other's presence, to show attention to, and/or to affirm or 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. 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.

Some epochs and cultures had very elaborate greeting rituals, e.g., greeting of a king.

Secret societies have clandestine greeting rituals that allow members to recognize common membership

Spoken (English)
Spoken greetings are customary or ritualised words or phrases used to introduce oneself or to greet someone. In English, some common verbal greetings are:

"Hello" — the most common verbal greeting in English-speaking countries.
"Hi", and "hey" — less formal greetings. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first citation of "hey" is found as early as 1225, and is defined as "a call to attract attention . . . an exclamation to express exultation . . . or surprise." The English language's other monosyllabic greeting, "Hi", is actually much newer, having become popular in the 1920s. Many languages use the word as a greeting, though a variety of spellings exist, including "hei" and "hej".
"Good morning", "Good afternoon", "Good evening" — More formal verbal greetings used at the appropriate time of day. Note that the similar "Good night" and "Good day" are more commonly used as phrases of parting rather than greeting.
"How do you do?", along with variations such as "Howrya" (Ireland) and "Hiya"
"Howdy" — Informal greeting. Derived from "How do you do," it is common in the rural regions of the United States. This is also the official greeting of the Texas A&M Aggies of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.
"How'sa goin'?", "How's she cutting?", "How's tricks?", "What's the craic?" — Ireland.
"What's up?", "Whassup", "Sup?", "How's it going?", "Yo", and "What's happening?" — United States.
"Alright?" — England.
"Ayup" — Northern England.
"Fit Like Jockie?", and "Aw'Right" — Scotland.
"Oioi" Derived from punk culture, now used as a generic greeting.

Written (English)
By convention, letters in English commence with the salutation "Dear" followed by the name or title of the recipient. If the name or title of the recipent is unknown, then it is conventional to write "Dear Sir," or "Dear Madam," or where the gender of the recipient is also unknown, "Dear Sir/Madam," is acceptable. 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.