2006-07-18 20:27:52 · 6 answers · asked by c 2 in Social Science ➔ Sociology
it's a civilized way to start a conversation
2006-07-18 20:46:51 · answer #1 · answered by !i!i!i!FaRnAzA!i!i!i!i 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Greetings are social customs or rituals to show attention or to confirm friendship or social status between individuals or groups of people meeting each other. Greeting habits are highly culture- and situation-specific and may change within a culture depending on social status. 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.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greetings
2006-07-18 20:35:18 · answer #2 · answered by Bogey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try going a day without greetings and then you tell us.
2006-07-18 20:32:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i only greet the people i know.
2006-07-18 20:38:24 · answer #4 · answered by promil preschool 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is the social etiquette and comman manners that makes us do it.
2006-07-19 00:51:34 · answer #5 · answered by sun 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what would you have us do, just stare at them & hope they read our minds. yiiiiii.
2006-07-18 20:34:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋