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Don't forget to end the conversation with "God be with ye". Or "A Dios".
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What's interesting is you may reply, "hey, how are you?", and lots of people may be satisfied with that. Neither party actually answers how they are, yet the handshake is complete.
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I refuse out of principle, but agree, that works.

I just use "Howdy".

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Which is short for "How do you do?"
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Good point! I guess my principles only extend so far.
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