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Is "hi" more American than British ?
Is it more serious for a teacher to say "Hello" to her pupils ?
Is there any difference between "hi" and "hello" ?
Many thanks.
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Yes
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Don't mention it.
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Simon was refering to your "many thanks". "Don't mention it" is a frequent reply.
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"Hello" is formal, while "hi" is casual. This would depend on the relationship of
the teacher with his/her students.
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I just looked up ''hi'' in the dictionary and it gave the definition hello.
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Still, "hello" isn't as formal as "greetings", "salutations", "good day", "good morning",
"god ye good den", etc.
I think that "hello" is one of those words that have no formal or informal connotation.
It can be used to greet both your friends at school and guests at a corporate dinner
party. Same with "top of the morning to you".
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thanks Simon, mjd and A.S.C.M.
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Plus you can't answer the phone with hi.
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Simon
Good point about the phone. Sometimes I use "Hi". thanks.
Are you an English teacher ?
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There was someone once that actually told me that ''hi'' isn't really a word. I don't
believe them.
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Perhaps they consider 'hi' as an interjection.
To me, it's just like 'hello' so it's a word.
No matter.
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They said that you couldn't use that word in Scrabble because it wasn't really a
word. I don't believe them.
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Did you know that Alexandre Graham Bell (who invented the telephone) considered the
correct way to answer a phone to say "Ahoy! Ahoy!"?
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There was one person I heard answer the phone with ''what's up''.
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