Greetings
If you watch TV news pretty much anywhere in the world, the announcer opens with a 'Good morning', or 'Good evening'. Unless it is a global 24-hour repeat news channel, that is. Actually, there will probably be two studio announcers reading in turn from the teleprompter and occasionally turning to look at each other. And it will probably be one male and one female. The point is, there is a format that emerges in the US, which is copied the world over.
Greetings and salutations are part of replicated situations. Move the format from one country and language to another, and the new language will come up with something to match. Like saying 'Good morning' or 'Good evening'. The verbal greeting is translated as part of the replication.
March 29, 2016
If you watch TV news pretty much anywhere in the world, the announcer opens with a 'Good morning', or 'Good evening'. Unless it is a global 24-hour repeat news channel, that is. Actually, there will probably be two studio announcers reading in turn from the teleprompter and occasionally turning to look at each other. And it will probably be one male and one female. The point is, there is a format that emerges in the US, which is copied the world over
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