andrew@garfield.UUCP (Andrew Draskoy) (07/02/83)
What is the part of a letter (as in mail) called which occurs just before
you sign your name, i.e. "Yours Sincerely,"? I always get stuck to think
of appropriate things to say here, how about some suggestions on "classic"
ones, or maybe all-purpose ones. On the net we all seem to say "Thanks
In Advance", but that won't always work, especially with snail-mail.
Perhaps we should adopt the abreviation "TIA" for that!
TIA,
Andrew Draskoy
{allegra,inhp4,utcsrgv}!garfield!andrewnather@utastro.UUCP (07/06/83)
I have noticed several usable "closings" on net messages, but I think
each medium (pl: media) needs its own set. I doubt a single one will
do for all purposes. I rather like "cheers", used most often after a
violent entry in net.flame to soften the impact. Also the notation
"...not afraid to (summarizing phrase), ..." seems unique to the net.
For snail mail, a friend of mine uses
r bt vnt
Y O S
a marvelouly archaic abbreviation for "your obedient servant," a phrase
so obviously exaggerated it acts as parody for the whole silly process.
(It loses in translation to CRT screen -- he uses elegant caligraphy to
form the letters, as from a quill pen.)
Ed Nather
...hao!kpno!utastro