Quote Originally Posted by Torog
Howdy Y'all,

When I was in Saudi,we weren't allowed to stare at women and certainly never look em in the eyes unless we had some dang good reason to do so..how many other cultures are offended by lookin in their eyes and sayin "Howdy" ?

Are y'all Brits saying that if I pass someone on the street there,that they'd act like yankees and think that I'm up to no good - if I said Howdy and nodded my head at em ?

Have a good one !
Its only really in places like London where people tend to keep themselves to themselves. If you tried to talk to someone on the tube you would be considered very weird. Don't know much about the south other than London but up North everyones pretty friendly you can just chat to strangers.

So long as you don't stare at someone you'd be fine.