I like to brainstorm. You?It's a simple way to kickstart creative thought, to exercise a writer's most important muscle.
And so let's play a game! Let's brainstorm as many greetings and salutations as we can.
What words or phrases do you use? What about your characters?
Get creative!
*A loud round of applause goes to the first person to correctly identify the movie from which I pulled the post title. (If my sister is reading: Jill, you don't count. :P ) ETA: I'm adding a hint. It's from the 80's. Think computers.
I use what's up with my friends and family.
ReplyDeleteMy characters usually skip the greeting and jump into whatever's bugging them. :)
I have no clue what movie... maybe Pirates of the Caribbean? LOL
I say "I know you!". It works whether I remember their name or not!
ReplyDeleteI think I stole it from "You've Got Mail".
Ugh, that sounds familiar but I can't think of the movie.
ReplyDeleteRight now my characters say "Hey", which is what I usually say. I'm reading one of Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum books and Ranger ALWAYS says "Yo." It's sometimes annoying, but at least he's consistent.
Hey!
ReplyDeleteAllo!
G-Day!
Cheerio!
...from Jungle Book?
I've added a hint to the post. No one got it yet, so go back and try again! :)
ReplyDeleteWar Games!
ReplyDelete"Hello, how are you?" How pedestrian, but I'm shy and stick to the classic stand-by.
ReplyDeleteWar Games-- an ol' Matthew Broderick flick--is my guess. I'm mired in the "80's, I'm afraid.
Hey! That's all I can think of right now! I don't know which movie it's from.
ReplyDeleteI once opened a letter with, "Ho there good people of Corncob." It made sense at the time lol
ReplyDeleteI say Hey alot. On the phone it might be "Hey whats going on?"
ReplyDeleteI don't think I ever say "Hello how are you?"
I have made most of my characters very informal in their greeting...ummm I might have to rethink some of that. LOL
My characters say 'hi'. It's simple, elegant and understated ;)
ReplyDeleteI even had the computer's 'Voice' in my head when I read the title.
ReplyDeleteHowdy
"Hidie Ho there Neighbor!"
Good Morning!
Hola!
Sometimes when I answer the phone and I know my hubby is calling...
"Jennifer's love shack, how can I make your dreams come true?"
:)
YES! War Games! I can hear the robotic voice, too. My sister loved that movie when we were growing up. Hmm... And she's a computer programmer/analyst now...
ReplyDeleteKeep the greetings coming!
I think I resort to "What's up?" more often that not. Or, "Hey! [Maybe hiya], how're you today?"
My characters mostly say hi. Grace always rolled her eyes because something was always bothering her.
ReplyDeleteIf it's for a character in the late 90's, "Whazabee?"
ReplyDeleteHey there.
Holla
Hi guys
Top of the morning to ya.
Jambo, Janna!
~ Wendy
Um, really? Honestly?
ReplyDeleteDown in my neck of the woods you'll get a "Hey y'all!" or a "How's your mom and them?"
ReplyDeleteAmong my friends, we say "Yo" a lot. Or "Yo, what's up?"
War games! I know someone already got it, but I was so excited that I knew it. We watched it again a few months ago.
ReplyDeleteI use hey a lot, but for the sake of something new, 'allo!
I had an old friend in college that used to say "Greetings and Halucinations!". That one has always stuck with me.
ReplyDelete'ello, Guvnah!
ReplyDeleteWar Games! Loved that movie.
ReplyDeleteI usually just go with "hi" in my daily life. My characters are more formal, though.
Hey, YOU! Allo, allo. Hey there. How's it going? How is you? (Yes, I realize that's incorrect).
ReplyDeleteStop by my blog. We're doing a brainstorming game... sort of...
Lynnette Labelle
http://lynnettelabelle.blogspot.com
I completely forgot to post the most obvious one for me. Aloha!!
ReplyDeleteHi Ya'll-that's me.
ReplyDeleteHiya, and Hi-characters.
I thought the movie was "Hal" the computer.
lawd, I don't know the movie...
ReplyDeleteas for salutations....
Hey,
that's all I got - some writer I am *LAUGHING*
You know I'm not a writer but that won't stop me from commenting.
ReplyDeleteHow *are* ya?
Heidy Ho
Hey Y'all
Hey, HEY, Hey (Fat Albert style)
When I walk up to the mom's at the bus stop, "Ladies" in a sing-songy voice.
When I walk up to the dad's at the bus stop, "Fellas" in a slightly questioning voice.
Hats off to everyone who writes....it's hard!
Mine don't say hi either now that I think of it. I jump too to the dialogue--I guess I am pretty much the same way too:))
ReplyDeleteIs it "War Games," the one with Matthew Broderick?
ReplyDeleteSalutations? Hey, Hi, what's up
In a WIP, the characters have a ritualized greeting. "Faith in God," one says, and the correct response is, "In God and men."
ReplyDeleteI'd actually prefer "in God and people", but the single-syllable words are crisper.
Hey.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was in Scotland last summer, I loved that everyone said, "Cheers" but it sounds weird to try to do it here.
I'm guessing War Games with Matthew Broderick. See ya... wouldn't want to be ya..... :O)
ReplyDeleteHi, Janna! It's nice to meet you! LazyWriter sent me over. I look forward to reading your blog! Have a great weekend!
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