You can at least say howdy
Dear Editor, “Howdy” was a common everyday word where I grew up. Raised on old Stidham, now known as Milo Road in rural Appalachia, I spent a lot of time at my Grandpa and Grandma Hinkle’s store. People came and went buying gasoline, sandwich meat, snacks, or groceries for the week. There were cane bottom chairs in the store and often people would sit and chat for a while. Regardless of how many times during the week I walked down the road to that store, the opening salutation was typically “howdy.” People were in and out of the Hinkle store…
