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How do you greet and say goodbye?

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12:26 PM Jul 05 2007 \| 回答
Stitch United States	How do you greet and say goodbye in your country? Growing up in Taiwan, people only shake hands in business situation. Other then that, we rarely have any physical contacts. I am now in the U.S., so I am used to shake people's hands when I first met them, and sometimes also shake their hand when say goodbye. If they are good friends, I give them hugs. A big good hug is nice. : ) Of course it also depends on if the person is comfortable with it. Hand shakes and hugs are pretty common when I interact with Americans, at least in the NW. And then there is the cheek touching(kissing) . The first time was with a German friend. Saying goodbye, I got pulled forward, and then I realized that I should to make my very first kiss “sound”. We only touch our cheeks on both side (firs on the right and second on the left), but we make kissing sounds. I was wondering if my very kissing sound sounded all right. Many of the Europeans do this cheek touching greeting and goodbye. With friends who are from South America, they always give you good solid kisses on both sides of your checks. I am fine with being kissed but still not used to kiss their cheeks… —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- It can get really confusing at times when I say "hi" or "goodbye" to my multi-national friends in a big party. Sometimes, some people only do the check kiss on one side, some do both side. Some of them actually touch your check and some doesn't. Some start from the left then right, and some start the opposite way… I think Thai greeting is graceful. Looks very elegant.

12:26 PM Jul 05 2007 | 回答

United States

How do you greet and say goodbye in your country?

Growing up in Taiwan, people only shake hands in business situation. Other then that, we rarely have any physical contacts.

I am now in the U.S., so I am used to shake people's hands when I first met them, and sometimes also shake their hand when say goodbye.

If they are good friends, I give them hugs. A big good hug is nice. : ) Of course it also depends on if the person is comfortable with it.

Hand shakes and hugs are pretty common when I interact with Americans, at least in the NW.

And then there is the cheek touching(kissing) .

The first time was with a German friend. Saying goodbye, I got pulled forward, and then I realized that I should to make my very first kiss “sound”. We only touch our cheeks on both side (firs on the right and second on the left), but we make kissing sounds. I was wondering if my very kissing sound sounded all right. Many of the Europeans do this cheek touching greeting and goodbye.

With friends who are from South America, they always give you good solid kisses on both sides of your checks. I am fine with being kissed but still not used to kiss their cheeks…

—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—--

It can get really confusing at times when I say "hi" or "goodbye" to my multi-national friends in a big party. Sometimes, some people only do the check kiss on one side, some do both side. Some of them actually touch your check and some doesn't. Some start from the left then right, and some start the opposite way…

I think Thai greeting is graceful. Looks very elegant.

03:07 PM Jul 05 2007 \| 回答
cosXsinX France	Kisses are the greatest thing in the world…

03:07 PM Jul 05 2007 | 回答

cosXsinX

France

Kisses are the greatest thing in the world…

12:16 AM Jul 06 2007 \| 回答
cancerh236 Viet Nam	I really like a warm abrazos (hug)but it is not our greeting custom

12:16 AM Jul 06 2007 | 回答

cancerh236

Viet Nam

I really like a warm abrazos (hug)but it is not our greeting custom

07:29 AM Jul 18 2007 \| 回答
Eva Kwok China	hehe 4 me,hug is the greatest thing…..

07:29 AM Jul 18 2007 | 回答

Eva Kwok

China

hehe

4 me,hug is the greatest thing…..

01:54 PM Jul 18 2007 \| 回答
thoryanafee Egypt	the greates thing that is 2 let the pepole feel that u r huge them with every part of ur body

01:54 PM Jul 18 2007 | 回答

thoryanafee

Egypt

the greates thing that is 2 let the pepole feel that u r huge them with every part of ur body

03:06 PM Jul 18 2007 \| 回答
ancsi Hungary	In Hungary men shake hands and women give kisses. But, to say the truth, it depends on the relationship.

03:06 PM Jul 18 2007 | 回答

ancsi

Hungary

In Hungary men shake hands and women give kisses. But, to say the truth, it depends on the relationship.

01:59 AM Jul 19 2007 \| 回答
Babyluv Italy	In Italy young people always kiss their friends and they sometimes do it when they meet new people too. In this case first we shake our hands and then we give a kiss on the cheek. The adults usually shake their hands and kiss only their close friends.

01:59 AM Jul 19 2007 | 回答

Babyluv

Italy

In Italy young people always kiss their friends and they sometimes do it when they meet new people too. In this case first we shake our hands and then we give a kiss on the cheek. The adults usually shake their hands and kiss only their close friends.

02:12 AM Jul 19 2007 \| 回答
sc_77 France	in france we often touch our cheek.when u see your friends, or your friend's friend, or your parent's friend, it's very usual. if it's somebody u've never met, u can make the thing with the cheek if it's in a non-strict meeting. it's rare that we shake hands, except for guys. the only personn i've shook the hand is my doctor.'kkk, i'm only 18, i'm may to young for that kinda "greeting ".

02:12 AM Jul 19 2007 | 回答

sc_77

France

in france we often touch our cheek.when u see your friends, or your friend's friend, or your parent's friend, it's very usual. if it's somebody u've never met, u can make the thing with the cheek if it's in a non-strict meeting. it's rare that we shake hands, except for guys. the only personn i've shook the hand is my doctor.'kkk, i'm only 18, i'm may to young for that kinda "greeting ".

02:52 PM Jul 20 2007 \| 回答
Michellita Brazil	Here in Brazil, if we have just met the person, we kiss hi/her cheeks. If the person is a good friend, or if it is some relative, we give a hug and kiss!

02:52 PM Jul 20 2007 | 回答

Michellita

Brazil

Here in Brazil, if we have just met the person, we kiss hi/her cheeks. If the person is a good friend, or if it is some relative, we give a hug and kiss!

06:22 PM Jul 20 2007 \| 回答
wendy wang China	Generally speaking,in china only those who have the closest relationship hug or maybe kiss each other.Take me for example i only hugged my mom and my best friends before. I never did it even to my dad and brother. I only kissed my nephew and niece when they were babies.

06:22 PM Jul 20 2007 | 回答

wendy wang

China

Generally speaking,in china only those who have the closest relationship hug or maybe kiss each other.Take me for example i only hugged my mom and my best friends before. I never did it even to my dad and brother. I only kissed my nephew and niece when they were babies.