Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!ut-sally!utastro!nather From: nather@utastro.UUCP (Ed Nather) Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Re: Grammar and Spelling on the Net and Elsewhere Message-ID: <452@utastro.UUCP> Date: Sun, 2-Mar-86 15:55:23 EST Article-I.D.: utastro.452 Posted: Sun Mar 2 15:55:23 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 4-Mar-86 03:52:43 EST References: <235@pttesac.UUCP> <33100034@ISM780.UUCP> <658@frog.UUCP> <5122@stolaf.UUCP> Organization: U. Texas, Astronomy, Austin, TX Lines: 15 In article <5122@stolaf.UUCP>, flackc@stolaf.UUCP (Chap Flack) writes: > While I'm at it, is there anyone out there who has a decent genderless > salutation for a formal business letter? I really can't bring myself > to write "Dear Sir or Madam:" (bletch!). > Chap Flack ihnp4!stolaf!agnes!flackc > Carleton College ihnp4!stolaf!flackc > Northfield, MN 55057 Well, we use "Hi, y'all" but that might not be suitable everywhere ... -- Ed Nather Astronomy Dept, U of Texas @ Austin {allegra,ihnp4}!{noao,ut-sally}!utastro!nather nather@astro.UTEXAS.EDU