When people greet us by 'howdy howdy', what is the best reply to it? Is it also used in British English?
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When people greet us by 'howdy howdy', what is the best reply to it? Is it also used in British English?
Best Answer
Howdy is a contraction of "howdy do", which is itself a (primarily south US) contraction of "how do you do", which is a synonym for hello.
For this reason, any standard response to "hello" is a valid response to "howdy":
"Howdy howdy" is a jovial form of "howdy", and hence (as StoneyB alluded in a slightly tongue-in-cheek way above), it would be acceptable to respond in a similarly jovial manner, such as