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Re: I need to know....

Postby Q. » Tue Nov 19, 2013 6:43 pm

I always end my emails with

Regards
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Re: I need to know....

Postby RustyCage » Tue Nov 19, 2013 8:00 pm

To me "Yours faithfully" and "Yours sincerely" sound forced and contrived at the best of times.
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Re: I need to know....

Postby Failed Creation » Tue Nov 19, 2013 8:13 pm

I think it all depends on the context of the email, as well as your audience.

For example, I wouldn't use a formal sign-off when emailing friends, whereas I would if I was corresponding with prospective employers.
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Re: I need to know....

Postby Brodlach » Tue Nov 19, 2013 8:19 pm

I always have Kind Regards but I do add Cheers to some more informal clients
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Re: I need to know....

Postby HH3 » Tue Nov 19, 2013 8:48 pm

I think "Yours Sincerely" and "Yours Faithfully" sound ridiculous.

At my first job in a financial planning firm, they told me I had to use "Kind Regards". I never got why. Our clients were from the better off parts of town though. That may have had something to do with it.

It all sounds fake and a little bit condescending. 99% of people would never use those phrases in any other part of their lives.

I say "cheers" all the time, so I use it in my emails.
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Re: I need to know....

Postby dedja » Tue Nov 19, 2013 8:51 pm

Hey HH3,

Go and get faarked.

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Yeah, spot on, doesn't sound right ...
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Re: I need to know....

Postby HH3 » Tue Nov 19, 2013 8:57 pm

Hi Dedja

Thank you for your prompt response.

Cheers
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See! Sounds friendlier.

BUT!!! I draw the line at people putting smiley faces in work emails. I tend to get them from younger females. Grow up :)
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Re: I need to know....

Postby RustyCage » Tue Nov 19, 2013 10:55 pm

Is Johnny Haysman still around the place?
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Re: I need to know....

Postby Booney » Wed Nov 20, 2013 8:16 am

Typically I start emails with "Hi" or if more formal (or I'm sticking it up* someone) I use "Good morning/afternoon...."

My electronic signature has "Regards,....." embedded in it prior to my details, but at times I will end with "Cheers" prior to that so the person can see I've been a little more personal and addressed them direct.

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Re: I need to know....

Postby Psyber » Wed Nov 20, 2013 4:23 pm

pafc1870 wrote:To me "Yours faithfully" and "Yours sincerely" sound forced and contrived at the best of times.

They are - but they are also the correct formal endings for formal and business letters.
I don't use them in any other context.
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Re: I need to know....

Postby dedja » Wed Nov 20, 2013 8:46 pm

what is the origin of the term 'numbnuts'?
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Re: I need to know....

Postby Dissident » Wed Nov 20, 2013 9:02 pm

I'm not sure, though I remember it from Full Metal Jacket.
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Re: I need to know....

Postby dedja » Wed Nov 20, 2013 11:19 pm

why is it funny when someone gets kicked in the nuts?
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Re: I need to know....

Postby Johno6 » Thu Nov 21, 2013 7:53 am

because we know how much it would hurt
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Re: I need to know....

Postby woodublieve12 » Thu Nov 21, 2013 7:58 am

Is Lucas Neil the biggest sook in Australia sport at the moment?
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Re: I need to know....

Postby Booney » Thu Nov 21, 2013 8:48 am

woodublieve12 wrote:Is Lucas Neil the biggest sook in Australia sport at the moment?


He is, but's let us not forget just how precious professional athletes are.

Poor souls, all that money to stay super fit and do what they love, travel the world, barely put their hand in their pocket for anything, ever and then on top of that they have to tolerate being "booed" from time to time. Not because the public want to "boo" them as such, but there's no chance of scaling the ivory tour to actually speak to them so "booing" from the terraces is the only way the public can voice displeasure at comments they have made during those ever so tiresome 15 minute pressers.

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Re: I need to know....

Postby Q. » Mon Nov 25, 2013 5:57 pm

who the **** is RustyCage?
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Re: I need to know....

Postby Dogwatcher » Mon Nov 25, 2013 6:10 pm

...why I thought it would be a good idea to drink scotch, cider, Pale Ale, 50 Lashes ale, skittle bombs, a gas chamber and some other blue shit with absinthe and pineapple juice in it late on a Sunday arvo.
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Re: I need to know....

Postby RustyCage » Mon Nov 25, 2013 6:43 pm

Q. wrote:who the **** is RustyCage?


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Re: I need to know....

Postby Brodlach » Mon Nov 25, 2013 8:59 pm

Q. wrote:who the **** is RustyCage?

Even he doesn't want to be associated with One Club anymore ;)
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