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Ingrid
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Greeting eachother in the world
October 12, 2003 - 08:16 AM
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Hi everyone!!
This is a very simple question although answers will be undoubtfully very different and surprising for each of us according to our culture! It is also a question that, to my mind, should be first asked when we come in to a new country to prevent us from making mistakes that could turn out rood or weird for the people in this country!
HOW DO YOU GREET EACHOTHER IN YOUR COUNTRY??
>In France we kiss eachother on the cheek twice, three times or four times depending the regions. I live in the South so we kiss twice, once on each cheek. That is how we greet eachother everytime we meet a friend or a reletive. It is like this as much for two women, a man and a women or two men, however men have a tendancy of chaking hands instead, especially the more you go north in the country.
You might think it is a very strange way!! well I'm waitting for your reactions and your answers saying how it is in your country!
All the best
Victoria
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Re: Greeting eachother in the world
October 12, 2003 - 06:10 AM
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well, i live in Texas, and here, people never kiss each other when greeting (unless perhaps it is a husband and wife/boyfriend and girlfriend). Shaking hands is the most common greeting, though if one knows the other really well, the two might hug each other. i think this is typical throughout all of the U.S., but i have done little traveling so i do not want to speak for any other territory since i don't know for sure. personally, i think a kiss for a greeting is very cool, though, you can understand that it would be very weird for me to do this.
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Laurent Straskraba
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very good issue
October 13, 2003 - 07:49 AM
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i find it very interesting to see how people greet each other in various countries/regions.
i have been to several countries and they tend to have different behaviour. one should be aware of this if s/he plans to do international travelling/business/contacting.
here in austria, we usually greet each other by shaking hands. friends also kiss on cheeks once or twice but only with opposite sex.
in some occasions we also use the "handkiss" which is a rather high society behaviour and is a typical viennese manner for people in key positions. this is a gesture that remains from the king´s days - a courtly symbol to show to be a servant to the person one gives the handkiss to.
as there are also other ethnic groups here in austria it is also possible to see men and men kissing on cheeks like turks and other moslems.
sometimes also girls and girls kiss each other while they are young, i don´t really understand why but it seems to me that this is a symbol for seperating themselves from the boys who usually begin to court them at those ages. 
people here also kiss in public if they love and meet each other. it will not be perceived as an offense (like in other regions) but as an expression of love which is considered to be nice - to some limitations though.
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Re: Greeting eachother in the world
October 14, 2003 - 07:00 AM
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There are varied ways here. In the province, or at least in my province, we just greet each other by waving our hands (if from a distance) or just say 'musta' (how are you), if nearer to each other. To greet the elderly we do the 'mano po' (getting the hand of the older one and then putting the back side of the palm to your forehead) which is like asking for blessing.
Here in Manila, I see my female friends buzzing each other on the checks. Us, the males, get to kiss them on the cheeks too. But between males, a handshake is enough.
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