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There is a website where I found many commonly used expressions. Here it is: http://basicenglishspeaking.com/common-expressions-english/. Let's take the first unit "Greetings" (http://basicenglishspeaking.com/greeting-english-different-ways-say-hello/). I understand that it may be difficult to check each expression, but on the whole: are they used in both AmE and BrE or only American (I believe it's AmE there)?

General greetings (Formal)

Hello

Good morning/ Good afternoon/ Good evening

How are you?

How are you doing?

Nice to meet you

It’s nice to meet you

I’m pleased to meet you.

It’s a pleasure to meet you.

I’m glad to see you.

How do you do?

General greetings (Informal)

Hi

Hey

What’s up?

How’s it going?

How have you been?

What’s new?

What’s going on?

How are things?

How’s your day?

How’s your day going?

Good to see you.

Greeting someone you haven’t seen for a long time.

Long time no see.

It’s been a while.

It’s been a long time.

It’s been such a long time.

It’s been too long.

I’m so happy to see you again.

Wow, it’s so good to see you again!

What have you been up to?

Useful responses when greeting people

I’m doing very well, thank you. And you?

I’m fine, thank you.

Great, thanks. How are you?

Not bad. You?

Couldn’t be better? How about you?

Wonderful, thank you.
 
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They are all commonly used in BrE.
 

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They're all commonly used in AmE too.
 

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I cannot remember the last time I have said or heard anyone say "How do you do?" in a natural setting.

It used to be common when introduced to someone for the first time. Now it's almost always "A pleasure to/nice to/pleased to meet you."
 

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. . . Now it's almost always "A pleasure to/nice to/pleased to meet you."

And that's a close relative of the Americanism that was deftly deployed in the British movie Love, Actually: "Pleased ta meecha!"

I never hear "How do you do?" or "How's your day?" or "How's your day going?" They might be popular in the UK.
 

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Come to think of it, "How do you do?" is very rare and old fashioned, but I have heard it on occasion.
 

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I cannot remember the last time I have said or heard anyone say "How do you do?" in a natural setting.
I'm pretty sure I hear it and use it from time to time here in southwest Ohio. It would only be used immediately after being introduced to someone, and it would probably be pronounced howdja do.
 

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I find interesting (in some way) the expression "What's going on?" as a greeting. It seems (to me) unlikely that it's used when you meet a friend going somewhere alone. I imagine it can be used when the speaker meets at least two friends and something is going on. Or even in case it's one friend, I guess the key factor is something going on. Am I mistaken in thinking so?
 

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My name is Sue! How do you do?!

Classic Johnny Cash.....

The Man in Black aside, I still occasionally hear "how do you do", usually from older generations.

All the others on the list are used in AmE as well, with varying degrees of frequency.
 
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You're mistaken. Usually it's preceded by something like: "Hey, man, what's going on?" or "Hey, Lisa, what's going on?" It's not a serious question expecting a litany of things to be recited. Also expressions in the same vein are:

"Hey, man, what's happening?"

"Hey, man, what's going down?"

What responses are most natural for those? I've heard "Not much" for "What's up?". Does it work with the expressions you mentioned?
 

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I didn't know either the singer or the song, and I really like it. Thanks so much for it. I think I'm going to try playing and singing it tonight. :)

Or:

I knew neither the singer nor the song.

:)
 

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I cannot remember the last time I have said or heard anyone say "How do you do?" in a natural setting.

It used to be common when introduced to someone for the first time. Now it's almost always "A pleasure to/nice to/pleased to meet you."

It is still used in introductions in BrE, though your alternatives are also common. In a formal context, I would use How do you do?
 

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And the informal contraction Howdy! is not uncommon in my region.
 

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How do is used as a greeting by some in BrE.
 

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Are you from Texas? I've read a Wikipedia article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howdy), and now I'm trying to play Sherlock Holmes. :)
No, southwest Ohio. Howdy may be heard anywhere in the Appalachian dialect region or in regions populated by people who migrated from Appalachia, I think.
 
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