Learn English – how to reply to Howdy

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I hear from people greet saying "howdy". I guess that is short form of how do you do. I normally reply that "I am good and how are you doing?". Is there cultural specific reply that would give more appropriate meaning and value to the person who greeted first? I mean that instead replying just "I am good", would it be more value to reply "howdy" again?

Best Answer

It's usually offered as more a greeting than a question, so any acknowledgment of a friendly greeting would be appropriate, such as:

Hello! How are you?

or,

Good morning!

or,

Hey! How's it going?

And then there's the standard "back at'cha" response:

Howdy!

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