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16 November 2009

How do you sign your emails? Best wishes? Regards? Or do you sign them at all?

post by: desjardins at: 15:57 | 25 comments

Best wishes,

Daniel Charms

posted by Daniel Charms 16 November | 16:02

Depends on the situation! For friendly and casual things, a wide variety of friendly, casual, and/or humorous lines; for most work and business-related things, I just initial them; letters of recommendation and things of similar import are "Sincerely" with my full name & contact information below.

posted by Wolfdog 16 November | 16:04

"Your friend,"

posted by ColdChef 16 November | 16:19

To the mister:
Love you

To family:
Love,
me

Friends:
Deborah
deborah
~deborah

At my last permanent job (before I moved to Canada) we didn't have email. This was in 1999. WSL was very slow on the uptake technology-wise.

posted by deborah 16 November | 16:58

To almost everyone:

M

To my mother:

moif

I used to type moi, then by mistake one day added the f, and she liked it so it stayed.

posted by Melismata 16 November | 17:02

A.
Bee
Yr bee
Beeeeee
me

posted by Specklet 16 November | 17:05

Sam (HJ)

posted by Hugh Janus 16 November | 17:14

Usually a Thank You or Thanks! and my name. To my mom: Love you!!! (she requires more exclamation points).

posted by rhapsodie 16 November | 17:16

Emails just get my name. Work emails get my name and department abbreviation. Letters get

posted by sperose 16 November | 17:28

V/r

posted by buzzman 16 November | 17:42

(personal)
Take care,
--Bozo

or

(work)
Thanks!
--Bozo

Usually does the trick.

posted by not_on_display 16 November | 18:01

Work:

big boring officially mandated name/title/address etc block.

Personal:

"Cheers,
-t."

posted by pompomtom 16 November | 18:08

Personal ones tend to just get an "r" unless I'm feeling goofy, in which case I use:]

"Wishing you well, as you know I do,
R"

the origin of which, I fear I no longer recall. I think it might be from a civil war era letter home maybe?

I really dislike it when it's obvious that the "thanks!" or "Regards," are actually part of the Outlook signature. Irks me, it does.

posted by richat 16 November | 18:13

I don't sign my email at all usually, my name's in the from field, no reason to duplicate. I see it as sort of "Todd Lokken" kind of thing.

posted by octothorpe 16 November | 18:15

You're all going to burn (love ya!),
LT

posted by Lipstick Thespian 16 November | 18:48

Usually I'll just include a photo of a really big pink bunny on a hill.

posted by birdie 16 November | 19:04

Best,

-TW

posted by The Whelk 16 November | 20:40

I don't sign them, because I send them without printing them out ...

posted by dg 16 November | 21:33

It varies, but the signature on my gmail is "I think taste is a social concept and not an artistic one. I'm willing to show good taste, if I can, in somebody else's living room, but our reading life is too short for a writer to be in any way polite. Since his words enter into another's brain in silence and intimacy, he should be as honest and explicit as we are with ourselves."-John Updike in Nicholson Baker's U and I

posted by miss-lapin 16 November | 22:02

I don't sign my email at all usually, my name's in the from field, no reason to duplicate. I see it as sort of "Todd Lokken" kind of thing.

I agree. I got an email from my husband that ended, "Love, [mr. desjardins]" It's weird.

posted by desjardins 16 November | 23:20

I was amused that Greek people so often say goodbye in person/on phone/in email with "filakia" ("kisses"), so I'm totally kissing everyone... I say: "xxoo," "kisses," "♥" and sometimes "kissykissy." This is why the customer service representatives always fix my problems.

posted by taz 17 November | 02:01

I used to sign them with cheerful toodeloos like "chinchin!" or "cheerio" (which I still use often) - then one day I got an email from a PR person with the opening line;

Dear Chinchin

posted by dabitch 17 November | 04:12

From my personal account I don't sign usually since I have 600-odd signatures that randomly change with oneliners and dabitch-figlet art. Example:

  

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|D|a|b|i|t|c|h|                                                                                 This tagline is umop apisdn.           

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posted by dabitch 17 November | 04:22

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|d|a|b|i|t|c|h| Danger! Danger! Obscure 1960's TV reference! Danger!

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posted by dabitch 17 November | 04:29

Dear Ms. Seeya Latah Alligatah, thank you for your query...

posted by taz 17 November | 05:09

← Bunny! OMG! || WANT →

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