1. Meeting People September 2007

2. Saying hello Hello! I’m glad/pleased to meet you. (The pleasure is all mine.) How are you? Hey, what’s up? (Nothing./The sky./The roof./The ceiling.) How’s it going? How are you doing? What’s going on? How have you been? What have you been up to? What have you been busy with?

3. Who are you What’s your name? Are you a student? What are you into? What do you do for a living? Are you the new comer from Seattle? How old are you?

4. Where are you from? Hey, I’m from Dallas too! Are you from around here? How do you like it here? What part of New York are you from? You definitely look like you’re Californian!

5. What are you up to? Why are you here? What are you up to? What brings you here? You come by here often? Can I help you with something? What are you looking for?

6. I’m…, My name is…; Are you…? Haven’t we met before? Hi, my name is Tony. Hello. My name is Thomas. But you can just call me Tom. Hi, I’m Teresa, Jodi’s friend. Some people call me “T”; my real name is Terrence, though. I don’t think we’ve ever met. I’m Derrick. You don’t know me, but I know you.

7. Introduction Let me introduce…, I’d like to introduce…, Allow me to introduce…, May I introduce you to…? My I introduce myself? This is…; I don’t think you’ve met before.

8. Introduction Hey, this is my friend Sam. Joe, this is Esther. Esther, this is Joe. Everyone, I’d like to introduce my friend Sally. Let me introduce you to Ryan. Allow me to introduce you to Kevin. You don’t know each other yet, do you? (No, I’ve not had the pleasure of meeting her yet.) David, have you met Mr. Carter? (I don’t think we’ve met.) Come over here for a second. I want you to meet Sean. Do you know Elizabeth? Hey, this is my friend Rob, who, by the way, is single.

9. I’ve heard lots about you. How do you know Ron? Do you guys work together? How do you know each other? Hey, I’ve heard lots about you. I’ve heard John speak about you often./Bob always mentions you. (Only good things, I hope.) Bill is always talking about you./Susan has told me a lot about you. (Nothing too bad/terrible, I hope.) Where do you know Peter from? What the heck is a nice gal like you doing with this guy?

10. Ending the conversation It was nice to meet you. It was a pleasure to meet you. I’m sure we’ll run into each other again. I’ll catch you later. I’ve gotta go, but it was nice talking with you. Before I have to go, is it possible for me to get your number?