to not like it when people say hiya

[User472262]

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

Hiya from SW London.

Not a doctor though.

I like my doctors to be friendly. Why wouldn't you?

Weird

In my experience in Ireland (extensive but not too recent) everyone said "howya".

In Dublin maybe, we wouldn't say Howya in Cork, where I am

Is this Jacob Rees Mogg testing the waters for a new government initiative???

Hi is much too abrupt for me, and makes me think I've done something wrong. Hiya is normal.

@CheshireChat thanks, it was how it popped into my mind as soon as I read the title

How distasteful. Get them struck off, forthwith.

• i wonder if the OP's origin is not british. may have felt this form of greeting was lacking in respect, being over familiar. there are so many variants in use now, i guess it can be a bit baffling to a non-native speaker.*

Only if they learned their English from episodes of Downton Abbey.

Just awful when people greet you trying to be friendly...

YABU and a bit bonkers.

Hiya is friendly.

@MrsCobbit that made me laugh. I had a friend visit recently from NI, he wore a t shirt emblazoned with 'Atsusnai'... took me ages to get it

I used to hate it. The past few months I’ve been using it constantly 🤷‍♀️

I don't much care

Pales when compared to "Guys"!

Are we talking about IRL or in emails ?

IRL. Yabu
Emails. yanbu

Oh god you'd hate me!
Standard greeting where I'm from is alright! We don't even wait for an answer!
I could never warm to "watcha" when I lived in London.

It's quite common on the east coast. I blame the vikings.

It’s a regional thing. YABU.

Standard greeting where I live said to everyone you even vaguely know when you pass them in the street.

I quite like it

But why do I always need to be formal?

Probably best not to move to Scotland then, OP. Of course, you could always tell them how uncouth they are for using that, then they'll likely revise it to 'Hiya, then, cunt.'

I always say Hiya, I had no idea it was so offensive!

Most of those I meet when dogwalking say "G'mornin".
No idea what they'd say in the afternoon as I'm not out then.

but where I'm from the greeting of choice is 'alright?!' but confusingly for some that's not a question.

I always say "Alright" & hate when people actually answer properly

If I'm being really informal and in a good mood when messaging friends I go so far as to type hiyaaaa!!!!

I can't see the issue.