Are you a Hi person... or a Hello person?...

I don't know where she got that either. It is more appropriate to say "Hello" when speaking formally, so of course "Hello" would be more respectful, but the older person should say "Hello" back, not "Hi" because the higher ranking person is supposed to set a good example and not talk down to others. "Hi" is more casual, so we don't use that to answer the phone, for instance. Actually, I don't use "hello" to answer the phone either. On the extremely rare occasions that I actually answer the phone instead of letting the call go to voice mail, I always say "Who is calling, please!" If they don't answer, I hang up quickly, and that gets rid of junk calls fast.

I say 'Hi' only to my close friends. I usually say 'Hello' to everyone..including my children's friends. I feel 'Hi' is a very light word and easy to be thrown around when I am with friends...but I am always conscious of the words I use with others and how it might seem to them. Though I don't remember anyone telling me, I've always felt that 'hello' is more respectful than 'hi'...and like you, instead of figuring out who to tell 'hi' to and who to tell 'hello' to...I just stick to the 'hello' for almost everyone.

hello. i think i am a hello person. i also say "ano ka hello?" whahahaha. and i also say.... "hello okay ka lang" so i think i am a hello person. i think hello is sweeter than hi. but my children when i say hello they say hi when i say hi they say hello

i actually use both,i have not actually thought about it and had to stop and think.i don't know if there is actually a right or wrong in saying hi or hello.it just comes out of my mouth and i really don,t think when i speak,cheers sue

I use "hi" all the time or "hey"....am I the only one who uses "hey"?

I am both. It depends on the mood I am in and the person that I am saying "hello" or "hi" to. If it is my step-father, it is "hi", "good-bye" or nothing at all.

Well it's a first for me...lol I guess that's why they don't call me miss etiquette...lol I really never was taught anything about that as far as I can remember anyway. I usually say Hi, no matter who it is. I say hello when a person says hello to me. Hmmm I wonder if someone will have more information. I'll be checking back, now I'm curious....hehe Blessed be, Mari

hi my dear friend, i usually say hi to the people i meet but i remember that i say hello to the older ones. i think the people are old and respectable are to be said hello and other of your age or your collegues or frined s , we can say hi. in my school also i was told the same thing that hi is to be said to friends and hello to old respectable. i think from that very day that thing is set in my mind . i dont remember in which standard i was taught this but whenever it was taught , i still remember it.

whenever i meet a new friends and even in socializing with other people i preferred to greet them "hi" rather than "hello".

Hello aseretdd. Nice information about that. I didnt know that. Whenever, I meet people I usually say Hi but, when I send text messages to my friends, I either say Hi or Hello.

I use both, when I answer the phone I say Hello when I walk up to someone I know I say Hi.

When I meet people who I have close to, I always say "Hi" instead "Hello". Because "Hi" always prove close to every body.

Is that even real? I'm referring to the rule that you say Hello to one's superior. I've never heard of that before! I'm generally a Hello person. I don't know why I never got used to greeting people with a "Hi". I think Hello was what was actually taught in school! It's like how they taught "how are you". Thanks for the comment on my discussion!

I say YO! How's it going? I rarely use hi or hello.

Hello aseretdd, I always use 'Hi' instead of 'Hello'. First, it sounds the same like in my mother tongue language and I feel it easier to say that compare to 'Hello'. I feel friendlier to others whenever I say 'Hi' to them. But whenever people say 'Hello' to me, I will reply with 'Hello' too.

Well, I didn't know that. Nobody ever told me. But anyway, I'm a hello person, so that would prevent any problem, right? I don't know why though, why I prefer saying hello instead of hi. I guess because it's two syllables? It doesn't make sense. hehe.

aseretdd I am a strictly hi person as I do not want to be a stuffed shirt and I do want to be friendly to everyone so I just say hi. sometimes when in public I will say hello but here its informal and I just say hi, so far nobody objects to me at least not to my face. lol lol lol

both sometimes i says hi and sometimes i say hello. and sometimes i just smile! hi and hello! smile:) :) :)..

i think the main thing is that u do greet them. i usually say hi or hey. greetings from tennessee.