atw: Re: Dear Sir/Madam,

From: Howard Silcock <howard.silcock@xxxxxxxxx>
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 13:39:36 +1000
Hi all [is this OK for people on the list?]

I notice that this discussion has made me more than usually self-conscious
in the emails I've been sending today!

At the moment I'm having to send emails to a few quite senior people that
I've never met and I find myself wondering: Should I say 'Dear' or 'Hi'?
Should I use their first names or 'Mr [or Ms] xxx'? Should I put 'Regards'
or 'See ya'?

Maybe sometimes we shouldn't think too much about these things...

Howard

P.S. Another concern that I'm sure troubles no one else but me is that I
think we should really write 'Hi, Fred' (with a comma) rather than just 'Hi
Fred'. No one ever does, but it seems to make more sense grammatically. The
'Dear' in 'Dear Fred' is an adjective modifying the name, but 'Hi' isn't an
adjective and doesn't modify anything, so it seems to me we should
punctuate the phrase with a comma, as we would with 'Come here, Fred' or
"good on ya, Fred'.


On 3 August 2010 11:07, Suzy Davis <suzy.davis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  I notice with my prospects that I am in discussions with will use Hey, or
> Hiya, or even G’day – to denote some level of familiarity with me.
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> I would say that you can assume that Bob and I *know of* each other.
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> But it is very subjective.
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> I think the use of “Hi (name)” follows the same rule for the use of “Yours
> sincerely” (if you have an established relationship with them, or “Yours
> faithfully” if you don’t.
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> So I don’t ‘know’ you Bob, except through this list – but that is enough to
> place us in a known relationship, and in my world, use “Hi”, or “Hey” – I
> would normally use “Hi” unless we had chatted a bit.
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> The use of “Hey ...” when no relationship exists, tends to imply to much
> intimacy – and is likely to be used inappropriately by an inexperienced
> sales person – but then it would no doubt be accepted without resistance by
> younger people.
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> But young people (under 35) may have a different set of rules – and lets
> face it, they are leading the way in social networking.
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> NOTE – I have not really investigated or thought about this in any formal
> sense.  Just exploring.
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> Regards Suzy
>
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>  *From:* austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
> austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Howard Silcock
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 3 August 2010 10:20 AM
> *To:* austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* atw: Re: Dear Sir/Madam,
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> Ahoy Suzy
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>  > Hey Bob
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> > ...
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> > If I am sending an email to someone I don’t know; I will use Hi (name),
> and Hello if it’s a team or more than one.
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>  Do we assume, then, that you do know Bob and that this is another style
> that you use for people you know?
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> Howard
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> On 3 August 2010 08:45, Suzy Davis <suzy.davis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>  Hey Bob
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> Any email that begins with “Dear” is immediately in the category of spam
> until it proves itself to be otherwise J  And it may not get that chance.
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> If I am sending an email to someone I don’t know; I will use Hi (name), and
> Hello if it’s a team or more than one.
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> My second line will be where I will identify who I am and how I got their
> name and specify why I am contacting them, and apologise for interrupting
> their day if necessary..
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> Regards Suzy
>
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>
> *Suzy Davis *
>
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>
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>
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Follow-Ups:
- atw: Re: Dear Sir/Madam,
  - From: Amanda Cat
References:
- atw: Dear Sir/Madam,
  - From: Bob Trussler
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