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From: ccrtom@ucdavis.UUCP (Kate Bush Groupie)
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Subject: Re: Charming typo
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Date: Thu, 6-Jun-85 05:01:56 EDT
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> 
> My favorite example of pseudo-personalized word processing was a piece 
> of mail addressed to my friend, Thomas W. Whalen III.  It was an 
> invitation to enter a sweepstakes and began: 
> 
> Dear Mr. Iii:
> Imagine your neighbors' surprise when you and the entire Iii family
> drive home in your new Pontiac...
> 
> --------------------------------
> Alan Filipski, UNIX group, Motorola Microsystems, Tempe, AZ U.S.A
> {allegra|ihnp4}!sftig!mot!al  OR  {seismo|ihnp4}!ut-sally!oakhill!mot!al
> ucbvax!arizona!asuvax!mot!al
> --------------------------------
> You may already be a wiener.

In a similar vein, one of my former supervisors loved titles.  Once he
had been pronounced an Associate Director, he began using the title
in all his correspondence.  So, it was inevitable that he would one day
bring this ever-so-personal form letter into the office:

	"Dear Mr. Ass..."