Thursday, December 6, 2012

Greetings

Greeting and salutations, my fellow teenagers

Hi, Hello, there so many ways to acknowledge someone but they all mean the same thing. What do they all mean? Are they just a way to start a conversation or do they mean something more.Nowadays, most teenagers don't use the formal way of saying “hello.”Maybe it just comes with time, but sometimes I wish we could act like the people of the pass and actually greet one another with respect. I know what you teens are thinking:“ Everyone is doing it. Does that mean you have to do the same? You can start your own trend and maybe it will catch the attention of other teenagers.

To me a simple “hello” means a lot coming from someone. Although it’s not that much it comes with some thought. When you are in the process of saying “hello” you have to think really hard. You ask yourself if that person deserves a hello or what it will mean to them. When people tell me “hello” they normally have smiles on their face.Is there always supposed to be a smile on your face when you say hello or can you display another emotion. Then does the smile mean the same thing?

When you think about the meanings of some of these simple words you think of how words were created . You think of all the time it might have taken for the world to evolve or how difficult  would have been to create it yourself.

What does HELLO mean to you?
What word would have created yourself if you wanted?

3 comments:

  1. After reading this, you really got me thinking: "What does 'Hello' mean?" And honestly I don't know, I guess just greeting people I want to get to know.

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  2. You are so right. Nowadays, people don't really say hello anymore. It is more like "Yo" and "How iz you doing." People don't even use proper english now. To me, hello is a proper greeting towards someone you repect.

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  3. I agree with Kit Kat, also nowadays when people say hello and they're random people it's kind of awkward and abnormal. Our generation doesn't really say hello and if they do...it's usually because there creeps or just trying to hook up. The sad truth

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