One of the things that my international coworkers insist on is a signature in any of their correspondence. They are from all over the world: England, Canada, Australia, Japan, India, and Germany.
We Americans have lost the civil art or the social pleasantries of salutations and signatures. I wonder how important people feel this is in the electronic emailing world, etc. Do people have their own signature line that defines them? (e.g. Cheers! Regards, etc.) Do they just rush out of the email like they do all the rest of their lives?
Very truly yours and sincerely,
PW
Salutations and Signatures (by PW)
Monday March 9, 2009
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Every business email I send begins with
[[addresee name]],
text xxxxx
and finishes with
Kind Regards,
[[my name and full email signature]]
personal emails are normally just trash-talk anyways, so formalities are dispensed with.
Usually just a hi or Hello, or their name.
As a sign off, for believers or church business "In Christ," or "Grace and Peace,", for other business, Sincerely, or Truly. I actually write them, rather than use an email sign off feature.
Grace and Peace,
Phil
I had an odd business salutation sent my way. A recovery company was (rightly) looking to get money back from me (which I gladly sent them), but in the request for the money, the gentleman signed it "Very truly yours". Super weird.
ay.... I think at times I think cynically that salutations have become yet another part of our lives that has been taken over by cheesy spirituality.
I have given in as well, and when I am writing a Christian I often sign off with "In Him, Kacie"
My personal signature in my e-mails, both personal and business, is a thought-provoking quote.
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