Originally Posted By: pedantman
English-speaking South Africans frequently greet each other with "Howzit?"
Certain white New Orleanians (mainly from Lower 9th Ward) are referred to as Yats, after the greeting "Where y'at?"


In cricket, a shout of "'owzat?" (how's that?) is an appeal to the umpire to give the batsman out. In Australian idiom, a greeting often heard is "'owzit garn?" (how's it going?) or even "airzit garn."