the maxim of quantity and thereby inferring that they do not think the listener looks good. This can be understood as an insult and is therefore mainly used informally between friends. Some phatic greetings are only used in writings such as letters, e-mails and speeches read aloud: 'dear' followed by a name is a formalised way of beginning a letter, speech etc. Ways to end a letter or e-mail include 'greeting', '(with) friendly greeting', sometimes abbreviated to . Others include 'with loving greeting' abbreviated , 'hug'. Some greetings like can be used throughout the day. Some are more specific, and the specific time of when to switch to the next greeting can vary from speaker to speaker. Time-specific greetings include ('good morning'), (literally 'good pre-noon'), ('good day'), ('good afternoon'), ('good evening'), and ('good night'). Ways of saying thanks include 'thanks', 'thanks shall you have', 'many thanks', 'thousand thanks', 'thanks for that' and 'I thank'. A thanks can be answered with 'self thanks' or 'it was so little' (referring to the small amount of work that had to be done). Other phatic expressions include ('luck and fortune'), equivalent to the English good luck, and ('crack and break') which has the same meaning as good luck similar to the English expression break a leg, mostly used by hunters, fishers, and theater crews. English "You're welcome", in its phatic usage, is not intended to convey the message that the hearer is welcome; it is a phatic response to being thanked, which in turn is a phatic whose function is to acknowledge the receipt of a benefit. Similarly, the question "how are you?" is usually an automatic component of a social encounter. Although there are times when "how are you?" is asked in a sincere, concerned manner and does in fact anticipate a detailed response regarding the respondent's present state, this needs to be pragmatically inferred from context and intonation. Example: a simple, basic exchange between two acquaintances in a non-formal environment: Speaker one: "What's up?" (US English. In UK English this more commonly means "Is there something wrong?") Speaker two: "Hey, how's it going?" (In US English "Hey" is equivalent to "Hi", or "Hello". Adding "How's it going" returns the initial greeting-query, paraphrased, without offering any information about what is possibly "up". In short, the first speaker's token is replied to with the second speaker's equivalent token, not actually answering the first speaker's