Since then, this informal greeting has been used in Nevada, Oregon, Arizona, and many other parts of the United States. You can respond by using other common greetings, such as:. The most important thing is that you return the greeting. The individual who greeted you may not have taken offense.
This is particularly true if they recognized that you were from out of state. Their main goal was probably to make you feel welcomed and acknowledged as another human being. People in Texas and other states in the southwest recognize howdy as a culturally appropriate greeting.
You may also not want to risk offending anyone by mispronouncing it. A nod could be used if the person who is greeting you is moving quickly and takes a second to say howdy. If the individual is a bit of a distance away, you could wave to them.
You may not always want to shout howdy in return. Research has shown that while cultural differences sometimes affect the way that we interpret body language, many non-verbal responses to greetings are universal.
For example, you might want to comment on the weather or ask how the other person is doing. Most of the time, howdy is used as hello. If you want to ask how the other person is doing, you should first return their greeting by saying hello or something similar. Howdy is a shortened form of 'how do ye,'as you point out, but it no longer means that. Replying with'fine' or something is like replying to 'goodbye' formerly God bewith ye with 'and also with you. Additionally, how are you reply Quora?
Originally Answered: What can be the best answer to the question "How are you? Now I will take all yourhard-earned money and return to hell a much richer Prince ofDarkness and buy some real estate. Asked by: Mariangela Beioes fine art theater What do you say back to Howdy?
Last Updated: 4th April, It simply means "Hi! Or you might reply, "Hey Y'all Doon? Ebru Uzquiano Professional. Do people actually say howdy? Matvey Hurtaran Professional. Where do they say howdy? In the rural Southwestern United States, Howdy is a colloquial contraction of the formal greeting ofHow do you do? Barek Hopfensperger Professional. How do you do reply? Itis often accompanied by shaking hands or nodding heads, sometimeseven outright bowing.
It is not meant as a question and an answeris not expected. Otmar Pruhn Explainer. What does HWYD mean? O joy O rapture unforeseen! All of Stoney's answers are good well, maybe the last one is questionable , but, only one or two at a time, not all at once. Des: "howdy" is a contraction of "howdy do", which is itself a primarily south US contraction of "how do you do". The point is that "howdy" is a synonym for "hello", so any standard response to "hello" including howdy, hello, hi, nice to meet you, what's up?
That of course is the important question. Holding your hand out limply and responding, with a total absence of affect , "How do you do. I am Dr. Cat" will often quench your interlocutor's unseemly familiarity. See Potter, Gamesmanship and subsequent works. DeniseSkidmore I'm American, of Deep Southern extraction, and quite comfortable with that sort of forthcomingness; but Persian Cat, to whose question I was responding, appears to belong to a less extroverted community.
Show 11 more comments. Active Oldest Votes. For this reason, any standard response to "hello" is a valid response to "howdy": hello howdy hi how are you? What's up? NY "Howdy howdy" is a jovial form of "howdy", and hence as StoneyB alluded in a slightly tongue-in-cheek way above , it would be acceptable to respond in a similarly jovial manner, such as Hey!
Howdy howdy! How've ya been? How ya' doin!
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