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OT: When you first are introduced to someone...

agrace

Do you find yourself saying 'Nice to meet you' or 'Nice to see you'. I have always said 'Nice to meet you' but I have noticed a lot of people say 'Nice to see you'. To me, that doesn't make sense. That is reserved for encountering a person you have already met after you have been introduced.
Perhaps I am alone in this. I was just curious which of these two things (or perhaps it is something different altogether) you say?

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Latest reply was from Katiepea

Louise

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I can't for the life of me remember what I say!! But I agree nice to meet you makes more sense. I cause confusion saying bye to people because I always say see you later this always causes confusion with my luvs because he thinks i mean later in the day when I mean later as in soon because i don't know exactly when i will see a person next! x

Anonymous

"Nice to meet you" by the same logic you gave.

agrace

Louise, I say 'see you later' a lot too which does not make sense either!

Natalie

I wonder if some people say "Nice to see you" because they can't remember whether they've already been introduced.

Isabel

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If I have heard of the person ( like a friend of a friend ) I tend to say nice to see you. Otherwise, I generally say nice to meet you.

I have no idea why, though.

Sarah

(website)

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I say "nice to meet you" if it's a first meeting, or "nice to see you again" if it's the second and on...

chellebrate

I use "meet" for the same reasoning you do.

Srujana

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"Nice to meet you" for the same logic you mentioned.

But then my logic goes out the window and I often catch myself saying "see you later" to people that I know I won't ever see again in my life...and I walk away feeling slightly idiotic =/ (but then I get over it, cuz I really never will see them again)

greenglove

(website)

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"nice to meet you" I have never heard anyone say "nice to see you" when they first meet someone.

cciele

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^^Ditto!

Queen Mum

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I do what Natalie said sometimes.. if it's someone who I think I may have met before I don't want to offend them by acting like I had forgotten them so I say "nice to see you" but if it's a new person definitely "nice to meet you"

srujana- there is a comedian-- Brian Regan-- who does a whole thing on the stupid things we say.. like when the waitress says 'enjoy your meal" and we reply "you too ;-)" If you've never seen him it's worth getting the DVDs.. I really appreciate that his routines are pretty clean and family friendly as well.

Beth

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Yep, I do exactly what Natalie is saying. If I'm sure I've never met the person, I say "it's nice to meet you!" If I look at the person and my brain goes hmmmm...., then I hedge my bets and say "it's nice to see you."

I'm terrible with faces and even worse with names. :O

Mac

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<< if it's someone who I think I may have met before I don't want to offend them by acting like I had forgotten them so I say "nice to see you" but if it's a new person definitely "nice to meet you">>

DITTO!

Katiepea

(website)

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Thinking about it, I would most often first say "How do you do" *then* followed by a "nice to meet you" as a general response to meeting someone for the first time. (I have to giggle at myself, that when reflecting on this word usage, I probably sound like I've (partially) just stepped out of 19th Century English Literature with my response. I didn't realise I was so outdated until now!)

I'm absolutely sure, however, that I definately say "nice to meet you" over "nice to see you" because of the logic mentioned above.