Best regards, Kind regards, or Yours sincerely, - which is correct

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Anonymous

#473538 Wed, 06 Feb 08 07:04 PM

hi there,

could you please tell me, whether "Love and kisses" at the end of an email from a man to his female acquaintance does suggest any romantic attitude towards her, or it is just a friendly phrase?

thank you!
adam

Anonymous

Regards, Yours sincerely

Clive

#473576 Wed, 06 Feb 08 09:43 PM

Hi,

It suggests to me at least some degree of romantic interest.

Clive

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Regards, Yours sincerely

Anonymous

#473598 Wed, 06 Feb 08 10:56 PM

thank you, Clive

Anonymous

Regards, Yours sincerely

Anonymous

#473937 Thu, 07 Feb 08 04:23 PM

What about ending a message with the word 'Peace'?

Peace,

Chuck

Anonymous

Regards, Yours sincerely

Clive

#473950 Thu, 07 Feb 08 04:57 PM

Hi,

It' OK. Just informal.

Clive

Regards, Yours sincerely

Delmobile

#474137 Fri, 08 Feb 08 03:29 AM

Wow! What an informative thread! I was unaware that they used "yours faithfully" in the UK, but then I don't get out much. It sounds so quaint to me.

Mr. P, I think it is in "Marjorie Morningstar" that the heroine copies out a letter she has just written to some man all over again on a fresh sheet of paper, just so she can sign it with the cool, breezy "Best," rather than whatever she had before. When I read that I'd never thought of "best" as a closing for a letter, and I'm embarrassed to admit I signed lots of letters that way for a while because I thought it seemed cool and breezy too Smile [:)]

Delmobile

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Regards, Yours faithfully, Yours sincerely

MrPedantic

#474584 Sat, 09 Feb 08 12:09 AM

Delmobile wrote:

Wow! What an informative thread! I was unaware that they used "yours faithfully" in the UK, but then I don't get out much. It sounds so quaint to me.

You'd be surprised by how many BrEs would tut loudly over a "Yours faithfully" after a "Dear Tom/Dick/Tarquin", or a "Yours sincerely" after a "Dear sir".

But then, over here, a working day isn't quite complete without at least one chorus of tuts.

Delmobile wrote:

Mr. P, I think it is in "Marjorie Morningstar" that the heroine copies out a letter she has just written to some man all over again on a fresh sheet of paper, just so she can sign it with the cool, breezy "Best," rather than whatever she had before. When I read that I'd never thought of "best" as a closing for a letter, and I'm embarrassed to admit I signed lots of letters that way for a while because I thought it seemed cool and breezy too

Breezy. Yes, that's it. Mysteriously breezy. That's what disconcerts...

MrP

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Regards, Yours faithfully, Yours sincerely

Mister Micawber

#474608 Sat, 09 Feb 08 01:47 AM

You'd be surprised by how many BrEs would tut loudly over a "Yours faithfully" after a "Dear Tom/Dick/Tarquin", or a "Yours sincerely" after a "Dear sir".

Thanks, MrP-- I've been wondering about that.