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From: arnold@ucsfcgl.UUCP (Ken Arnold%CGL)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: Letter Salutations
Message-ID: <802@ucsfcgl.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 26-Mar-86 18:00:52 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 26 18:00:52 1986
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Reply-To: arnold@ucsfcgl.UUCP (Ken Arnold)
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In article <825@im4u.UUCP> John Quarterman writes:
>Two I've seen used a lot are "Folks" and "Greetings".
>I suppose the former is mostly appropriate when you
>actually know most of the people you're addressing.

I suspect that there are a reasonably large number of people who would
not appreciate getting letters that start off:

	Greetings;

Might even give them a heart attack.  At least during the Vietnam era,
letters from the draft board telling you you'd been chosen used this
salutation.  Even *thinking* about it gives me the shivers.

		Ken Arnold