Russethouse Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 I usually just sign off my emails with 'Best' and my name, ( business contacts get 'Best Regards') but now I have read this I am a little perplexed:http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/26/fashion/26email.html?ex=1165208400&en=d68530dc54dccb41&ei=5070&emc=eta1Many of my emails are to Americans with an interest in France, anyone got any ideas as to something acceptable and pleasant ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Head Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 What have you started Gay?[6]Ermmm...'Hope the diet's going well?'....'Let's do MacDonalds sometime soon honey'.....'Y'all have a great day now!'....'Later dude!'....'Gimme FIVE' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catalpa Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 With best wishes... / My best wishes... is reasonably warm without getting cuddly.[:D] I always think Best regards, is a bit formal so fine for business-like emails. "Best"... I do sometimes use best but it never feels right. It always feels a bit sloppy casual rather than smart casual. So I usually try to say something relevant relating to the recipient's situation or maybe to seeing or hearing from the them. Such as...Good luck with your cogitations, RH.With best wishes,Catalpa [kiss] (optional!)Or, for Americans with an interest in France:Cordialement. Would that work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owens88 Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 'Cheers' is a usefu; sign-off.But do people use salutations to start an e-mail ? I confess I don't, as it has the 'to' directly above the space I am typing in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renaud Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 I start an email just with the person's name. To end I use 'kind regards' for most people and 'cheers' for colleagues. But I agree that netiquete is a minefield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 Because I work in a multilingual environment I sign off may emails with:Best regards - Meilleures salutations - Mit freundlichen Grüssen, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catalpa Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 [quote user="Owens88"]But do people use salutations to start an e-mail ?[/quote]For me, it varies. Hello or Hi with or without the person's name is my usual choice. Sometimes just the person's name. Sometimes no salutation but that's usually when there's a back-and-forth type of email "conversation" going on. I have a personal (and irrational) dislike of the use of Dear as in Dear Catalpa in an email. If something is so formal as to need a Dear at the beginning, type a letter. [6]I did say it was irrational. [:P] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford Anglia Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 I ALWAYS start with Hello or hi and the person's name.I almost always end with regards, or kind regards, or many thanks, or similar.I've done this ever since reading a website whose owner stated that he would NOT respond to e-mails without a proper beginning or ending, as he found it rude. Fair enough, I thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 We do that when emailing within the building - it just seems so brusque not to. Especially if you are thanking someone for doing something for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenniswitch Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 If I'm emailing for business (especially someone I don't know), I start with "Dear ..." and end with "Yours truly" just as I would a regular letter.For emails to people I know fairly well, I usually start with "Hi, ..." and end with my name (or first-name initial, if I know them really well) . after a "hope to see you soon" type of sentence.With really close friends and family, emails often evolve/devolve into continuing conversations, with no greetings or signoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andymr Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Hi guysBeing a techie (nerd if you prefer) I was involved with one of the first companies to market the Internet to the masses back in 1990. We marketed Email as a communication medium with very important advantages over normal mail and over telephone calls. One of the advantages of the message systems over letter mail was that, in an email message, one could write tersely and type imperfectly, even to an older person in a superior position and even to a person you did not know very well, and the recipient took no offence. The formality and perfection that most people expect in a typed letter did not become associated with email messages, probably because the internet was so much faster, so much more like the telephone. How thing have changed[:)]Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irnbru Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Too many years as an English teacher renders me incapable of sending an e-mail that I haven't proof-read and corrected. But then I am a sad type who spells out every word in full in a text message - and puts in all the punctuation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Yes, me too. It takes ages, but it's worth it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyC Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 Well, that makes three of us.Also, I hate texting because I haven't worked out how to do capital letters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 On my phone that is just about impossible, and it really riles me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miki Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 Find a 10 year old to do anything like that for you ! Nothing is impossible for school kids, not even plug and play video recorders !! My Daughter even showed me that I could record a message and send it with a film to another persons phone and whatever else she told me I can do (I forgot it all when she went home !) I've only had this phone since July.........................[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 [quote user="KathyC"]Well, that makes three of us.Also, I hate texting because I haven't worked out how to do capital letters.[/quote]That makes me the fourth then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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