Hi All
Me and my two elder girls A & P have for the last few months been coming up with different way's to say hello, goodbye, good morning, night etc, they have been coming up with sayings in other languages etc. This has been a bit off fun that we do with each other by greeting each other with these new sayings.
Well i am now pretty much out off sayings, when i thought that you lovelies may have some regional way's of greeting each other? the last one i came up with is "toddle pip" which the girls thought histerical.
So all, the challenge is on, what have you got for me!
Here in lovely Yorkshire, blokes often say to each other "ey up" or just "now then"
I like to use old fashioned greetings such as "Good morrow" or "Greetings" or even "how ist?"
My boys say Hi by making the "i" sound go on and on and on so it sounds something like "Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii" They take thir leave by saying "Biiiiiiiiiiii"
What a fun, educational thing to do with children :) In Wales they say " Nos da" (said how it's spelt) for good night , my nan use to always say it to me as a child :) or Salam in Arabic for hello x
When my sister moved down south, she phoned me up to see what goodbye was in Welsh. Without thinking I said ta-ra... It isn't really, but it does seem to be what we say...
I like the hiiii and biiiiii
My sister & I have got into the habit of 'Hiiiii'-ing & 'Biiii'ing when we meet up with our daughters - who are also getting in on the act 
'Alright?' is popular round our way, as is 'See ya'. My favourite is probably TTFN (Ta ta for now).
Just for the record, the Hiiiiiii and Biiiiii is done in a really low growly voice 
Not with us it's not 
Thanks ladies, these will keep me going for a couple of weeks, have not heard anyone say ta ra for years i think it's quite sad how we have lost some of the old sayings 
I was in our community cafe today and the guy said 'go steady' when I said Cheerio to him! I haven't heard that saying in years!
You've just reminded me of another way of saying goodbye, Anna - 'Mind how you go'
laters!
Hey up me duck - how yu gooin on (in Nottingham)
'Ello my luvver' (Devon/West country). I'm not making it up!
In Bristol it's "alright my luvver" lrh that brought back memories when i was a kid my friends mum used to say "hey up ducks" to us.
One of my most used greetings for the girls is "hiya chicken"
*squawk** 
What is 'squawk' Anna?
don't you mean cluck Anna
Ha ha, ok, cluck then! I'm sure some chickens squawk don't they? Or maybe only in distress. 
Sally is such a motherhen, I am sure that she nor her chicks rarely squawk. I take it back
"Ciao for now"
Really Sally? Where do I start???? Where do I end????
Where I come from, we say 'Guude' for hello, goodbye, how are you, I am well, thank you and you.... and other things. (literally translated it just means good).
In Hungary they use 'Oi' in a similar manner (not sure about the spelling).
In northern Germany the word is 'Moin' for hello. It means 'morning', but they say it at any time.
Is that enough for now?
Oh, I should add that No2 son in principal says 'huh' for EVERYTHING....