Greetings

Out of all the English you'll learn, greetings are one of the most important. After all, how
many people are you going to communicate with without greeting them first?
When becoming more fluent, it's important to know the various different greetings that
English speakers use and to be able to respond to them correctly. "I'm fine," can work
with some expressions but not others.
Learn to leave a good first impression with someone by greeting them like a native
would.

• What’s up?
  When to use it: Greeting friends, peers
  Variations: What up? Sup; Wazzup; What are you up to
  Add-ons: What’s up dude/man/bro/son/dawg
  Usage notes: What’s up is an informal greeting. The shortened version “Sup” is very
  informal. You can respond to “What’s up?” with any other greeting on this list,
  including “What’s up.”
  Pronunciation Tips: It is said as one word: whatsup
  Examples:
  Your meet your best friend and say “Sup bro?”
  You are introduced to a friend of a friend and you say, “What’s up man?”
  

• How’s it going?
  When to use it: When being introduced to someone, used in passing
  Variations: How’s it?; How’s it goin’?
  Add-ons: How’s it going bro/dude/man/dawg/mate
  Usage Notes: “Hows it going?” is often used in passing as a greeting and a response is
  not always expected. The g in going is never pronounced.
  Example: You are walking through the city and you see someone you know.
  “Hey, how’s it goin'?”
  “It’s goin good, how are you?”
   
• How are you doing?
  When to use it: After saying hello.
  Variations: Informal: how you doin’?; how ya doin’?”
  Add-ons: How ya doin man/bro/dude/mate
  Pronunciation Tips: With the shortened versions, ‘how’ and ‘you’ should be
  pronounced as one word. Howya doing? Howyou doin’?
  Usage Notes: It can be used in formal situations but is also commonly used in informal
  ones.
  Example: “Mr. Chang, this is Mr. Ferreira, the head of our international sales department.”
  “Hi, how are you doing?”
  
• What’s going on?
  When to use it: When saying hi to a friend or group of friends.
  Variations: What’s goin’ on?
  Add-ons: What’s going on man/dude/bro/guys
  Pronunciation Tips: ‘Goin’ is pronounced like go-en
  Example: You arrive at your friend’s house and see four people sitting on the couch and say:
  “What’s goin’ on guys?”
  
• What happening?
  When to use it: When greeting a friend or group of friends
  Variations: Whats the haps?
  Add-ons: What’s happening yo/dude/guys?
  Pronunciation Tips: Often pronounced like “What’s hapenen?”
  Usage Notes: A common greeting that can be used in many situations.
  Example: You see your friends sitting down and say, “Hey what’s happening guys?”
  
• What’s new?
  When to use it: When greeting someone you haven’t seen in a while.
  Add-ons: What’s new with you? Usage Notes: This can be used in formal situations as well as informal
  Example: You come across an old coworker you haven’t seen in months and say “What’s
  new?”
  
• How have you been?
  When to use it: When greeting someone you haven’t seen in a while.
  Variations: How’ve you been? How you been?
  Add-ons: How you been bro/man/dude?
  Usage Notes: How have you been can be used formally. How you been is more
  informal.
  Example: You see an old friend from high school and say, “How’ve you been man?”
  
• Howdy
  When to use it: Can be used in passing. Can be used in the place of ‘hello’.
  Add-ons: Howdy partner
  Usage Notes: This is a common greeting in the Southern United States. If you use it
  outside the South people will think you are from there.
  Example: You pass someone on the street and say, “Howdy.”
  
• What’s good?
  When to use it: When greeting a friend.
  Add-ons: What’s good in the hood?
  Usage Notes: This is a more informal way of saying “What’s up?”
  Example: You give your friend a high five and say, “What’s good?”
  
• What’s cracking?
  When to use it: When you are greeting someone you see often.
  Variations: What’s crackin’?
  Add-ons: What’s crackin’ yo?
  Example: You meet up with a friend that you see every week and say “What’s crackin' yo?”
  
• Yo
  When to use it: When you are too lazy to say something else.
  Add-ons: Yo yo. Yo what up?
  Pronunciation Tips: Draw out the ‘o’ sound.
  Usage Notes: Can be used the same way you would say “hi.” Often used to recognize
  someone who joins your group.
  Example: You're at a party and a friend shows up. You say to him, “Yo whats up?”
  
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