English Lesson

It's funny, I started this site to help me learn french (& anyone else who wanted to learn), but I've also received Emails from several Europeans who are trying to learn English & are following this blog to help them too. 

One question I received from Carlo in Italy, was that he was confused over how many ways Americans greet each other. Here's  a list of what I came up with:

Hello (very formal)

Hi (informal, used a lot)

Hey (informal, used a lot also as in "Hey Paul" "Hey Mary"

or if it's the morning, a lot of people just say "morning" short for "Good Morning"

as:

"Morning Paul" "Morning Mary" instead of Hi or Hello.

Also no one ever really says "How are you". Usually people say "What's up" as in:

"Hey Paul, what's up?

"Nothing much" or "Same old thing" or "Same old same old" or even "Not Much"

Hope that helps

You can ask me anytime about english words or phrases too.