to not like it when people say hiya

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I just don’t get the purpose of it’s much more formal and polite to say hello or even hi.

@Love51 "My 6 year old greets me 'eh up mummy'"

My attitude to children is just slightly more extreme than that of the child catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and even I think this is cute

You are being unreasonable. It’s also really common in Scotland.

@Bella2020 'Where I come from we don't even pronounce the 'h' so we say 'iya.' Where I come from we don't even pronounce the 'h' so we say 'iya.' That would probably naff you off even more. I suggest you stay away from north east England.

Yes, YABU.'

Whereabouts in the NE? Where I'm from, everyone pronounces the h at the beginning of words

Hiya is totally fine, and a standard, friendly greeting.
Totally okay.

Hi-Ya! screamed at me, as you jump out from behind that big dumpster in an alley, landing in attack pose, ready for a street battle?
Not ok

Why would you want someone to be formal when greeting you unless you're in an office etc?! That's the point of hiya, it's friendlier, which is surely the aim of a greeting! So yeah, yabu.

I say Hiya, I even open texts with it sometimes. I also say "alright". Sometimes "Hello" or "Hi". It's just an informal greeting.

We say it here in the South East too. I don't think there's any particular 'purpose' to it OP, just a friendly greeting.

Bloody Nora! As if you have the energy to be arsed!

North East here and Hiya is far more common that hello or hi!

FFS

🙄

I sometimes say hello, hi , hiya, watchya, how you diddlin’. I usually have a big smile too. Is that wrong? Obviously if it was a formal meeting I’d probably say Good morning or hello.

Why would I be formal and polite to my family & friends? Hi is even less formal than hiya.

Do you prefer to shake hands with your children too Op? Always better to keep things nice and formal.

Hiya from Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Strangely my Welsh son, studying in Cardiff has taken to messaging me 'Hello there Mother'..... that's University corrupting my boy that is!

YABU

Probably a tad too informal for a teacher to address the parents as a group, but not offensive either.

Hello or hi is neither formal nor any more (or less) polite.

NorthEndGal you paint a fabulous picture .

I never say hiya, but often start texts with it. It's friendly?

Hiya. Friendly and informal. It's all about the situation.

This was a doctor that said this to me not a friend or family member.

I’m just back from a trip to the north east and it is the home of my very favourite accent. You can’t beat ‘Alreet pet’

OP - just be thankful you don’t live in Dublin - howiya would probably finish you off completely

A doctor said ‘hiya’ ? Surely not! Report them!!!

@MrsCobbit I was just about to say that.

This was a doctor that said this to me not a friend or family member.

Oh how very dare they! You know doctors are told to try to greet patients informally to put them at ease don't you?

I say hiya and am from Scotland but also spent many years in East Mids. I think it's very common there