How do people greet on the land? A researcher studies this. Many people think: Young people greet less. The study shows: This is wrong. Young people greet as often as older people.
The word hello is very popular. 65 percent of people use it. Before, hello was informal. Today, most people find it neutral. Younger people use hello for strangers too. Older people use it for friends.
Old words from the dialekt stay important. These include Griaß di or Pfiat di. In Tirol and Vorarlberg people say Heil too. This has no link to politics. It is an old greeting for friends. They do not use the word for strangers.
In shops many people say Grüß Gott. In the bakery they say Griaß di. Older people find greetings very important. They see it as a sign for respect. They want younger people to greet first. In the study, older people do not greet more often.
