PHOENIX (AZFamily) — How you greet a person can say a lot about someone, and many go with the typical “hello” and “hi.” But in Arizona, “howdy” might just become the new greeting.

Americans meeting each other on the street will typically begin their encounter with a friendly “hello,” a word probably derived from a German word used to hail a ferryman. But, in other ...

After the Sign of the Cross at the beginning of Mass, the priest may choose to greet the people with the simple and familiar greeting “The Lord be with you.” He uses this same greeting before ...