Saturday, October 24, 2015

Hey! How ya'll doin?

The most common greeting in Savannah.  Everyone greets everyone everywhere.  I still haven't figured out a response.  I tried my usual, Doin' Great! but that doesn't bring back a rejoinder.  I don't think that it requires a response, it reminds me of the wave in the West.  Driving in the Western states when you see a car on 2 lane blacktop you wave.  I asked a local in Wyoming why everyone waves and the response was to make sure your safe and not a bad guy.

I'll try, best I can and see what that does.

Hey, as a salutation has multiple syllables.  Waiting in line at a food court an older woman got to the head of the line and responded to "what would you like?" with a haaaaaaaayyyyyy that trailed off as she read the menu.

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