Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!hao!cires!nbires!ut-ngp!utastro!nather From: nather@utastro.UUCP Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Re: letter endings Message-ID: <449@utastro.UUCP> Date: Wed, 6-Jul-83 12:05:18 EDT Article-I.D.: utastro.449 Posted: Wed Jul 6 12:05:18 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Jul-83 22:14:29 EDT References: garfield.432 Lines: 17 I have noticed several usable "closings" on net messages, but I think each medium (pl: media) needs its own set. I doubt a single one will do for all purposes. I rather like "cheers", used most often after a violent entry in net.flame to soften the impact. Also the notation "...not afraid to (summarizing phrase), ..." seems unique to the net. For snail mail, a friend of mine uses r bt vnt Y O S a marvelouly archaic abbreviation for "your obedient servant," a phrase so obviously exaggerated it acts as parody for the whole silly process. (It loses in translation to CRT screen -- he uses elegant caligraphy to form the letters, as from a quill pen.) Ed Nather ...hao!kpno!utastro