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As a follow-up to the Androgenous First Names thread, without intending to hijack that thread, I am curious what others think about the phrase,
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Good Luck
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"To the user of this product"
"To the..." whatever, it's just laziness if you have no idea whom you're writing to. Make it a little more specific and the reader will notice you respect him/her.
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I just had to write a recommendation letter for a student for graduate school. The letter goes to a "clearing house" for the letters, and the written instructions didn't identify any potential recipients.
The alternatives to "To whom it may concern" don't seem that much better.
Dear Sir or Madam,
Dear reviewer,
etc.
Regards,
Cory
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Dear supporters,
Dear support team,
Hello,
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It carries flavours of:
"Although I wrote this notice, I did so in the expectation that somebody else would decide who would be invited to read it. I stand by what I wrote, regardless of who the reader turns out to be".
This makes it very useful for testimonials or letters of indemnity, but I would be wary of using it in any more general sense.
A.
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1) Dear (Admissions Officer or Hiring Manager or whatever will be appropriate)?
2) Dear Sir/Madam
3) Greetings
4) To All Interested Parties
I also dislike "To Whom it May Concern." I generally opt for number 2 above if I absolutely cannot find a name or specific title.
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For me, I'm comfortable presuming that the recipient is either male or female and therefore use the polite form of address for each.
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Adding insult to injury: I once saw an internal circular with the acronym TWIMC.
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or
Dear Reader,
if you are treading this... you have nothing better to do (just like me).
"To whom it may concern,
I would like to introduce you to the advantages of mail merge when writing letters like this to thousands of people who could care less."
JMW
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"mA-'däm, -'dam/ : LADY -- used without a name as a form of respectful or polite address to a woman...Madam President"
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A gentlewoman; an appellation or courteous form of address given to a lady, especially an elderly or a married lady; much used in the address, at the beginning of a letter, to a woman. The corresponding word in addressing a man is Sir.
Source: Websters Dictionary
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"Hey you,"
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Something like "hi there" just does not seem appropriate except perhaps for the most informal of e-mails.
Mr/Ms usually covers the gender problem.
Anything addressed to "the occupant" or "the homeowner" goes straight into the trash can at lightning speed.
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When I doubt I always start with 'Good day,'.
Cheers.
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Unfortunately the mass marketers have already beat you to that. I recently got an email with "Hey you!" as the greeting. Either that, or it was my boss again, asking about my "working from home".
D
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"Anything addressed to "the occupant" or "the homeowner" goes straight into the trash can at lightning speed."
My wife and I have agreed that I get all the "occupant" and "resident" mail, she gets all the "homeowner" mail. It just seems natural that way.
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The following two examples maybe typify greetings you have received:?
I nasa your disposition nightshirt
Why duoploy and asteroid franc
These were the subject lines on the two spam-mails that I received today. If I don't receive at least two or three a day, I feel almost neglected.
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Why duoploy and asteroid franc? Why indeed. I neither duoploy nor asteroid any franc that I own when I can freezlok for pretty much the same cost.
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