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From: g-patter@gumby.UUCP
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Subject: Re: all-purpose honorific
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Date: Wed, 13-Feb-85 16:58:07 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 13 16:58:07 1985
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> > In letters, etc. I suggest the all-purpose, sex-neutral honorific
> > "Greetings".  It is less stilted than "To Whom it May Concern" or
> > "Dear Sir or Madam", yet more formal than "Hi there" or "Dear Folks".
> >                     Ruth Ludwin
> > University of Washington Geophysics Program -- Seattle
> 
> This has a tainted history: all the draft induction notices sent by the
> local draft boards prior to, and during, WWII started this way.  It still
> leaves a bad taste in many mouths, but as us older ones fade away, it might
> come back into use.  I can't use it, though.
> 
> -- 
> Ed Nather
> Astronony Dept, U of Texas @ Austin
> {allegra,ihnp4}!{noao,ut-sally}!utastro!nather

	How 'bout:
		Felicitations
		Salutations
		Good day
	If memory serves, there is a dialogue in "Charlotte's Web"
	containing a number of these, but I've not heard it since
	I was seven and my sister read the book aloud to me.

	"Condolences on your loss..." is NOT a good idea.

	-shp, UW-Madison