Cheers, mate

"Cheers" is a salute that is properly used when two beer glasses are brought together prior to consumption. I don't use the term anymore, as I have transitioned over to the czech 'nazdravi'. The British people at my office use cheers for a variety of words, for example and Irish guy just said "Cheers" to me as I held open the door to the elevator for him. People use "Cheers, mate" as both hello and goodbye, like the english redneck version of 'ciao'. I don't really have a point, except to say that they're not really speaking English any more in those rainy, soggy, royalty-infested islands. Long live Pax Americana.