Quote Originally Posted by Rhyfelwyr View Post
wow that brings back memories. I don't know if it is a feature of British schools (or even more local than that), but we always had a weird thing where the teacher would come in and say "morning class", to which we would all reply in unison in some sort of really creepy tone "good moooorning misses x". The weird thing was we almost sung it, you draw out the ooo in morning and raise your pitch as you say it, like Australians do at the end of a sentence. Damn that was weird thinking back.
We used to do the sing songish greeting as well back in primary school.

I treat everyone I meet politely, but I always think it's weird when I see americans on TV refering to everyone as "sir". The only people I've ever called "sir" or "miss" are teachers. Refering to everyone with a term of utmost respect seems to me like you are saying that you hold no respect for anyone.

I usually just use "mate" to greet anyone I meet.