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lifejacket

#82338 Sat, 19 Mar 05 01:22 PM

What do the abbreviations at the end of letters mean?
I recently recieved a letter and at the bottom left there are letters?
Db/KK
Cc:PB
file
Could someone give a little lesson on the meaning of all the abbreviations that are used in letter writing?

Thanks
Lifejacket

lifejacket

Joined on Sat, Mar 19 2005

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Abbreviations, Letter writing

pieanne

#82339 Sat, 19 Mar 05 01:58 PM

Hello, Lifejacket, welcome to the Forums!
You might want to visit this site: http://www.acronymfinder.com
"Db" might mean "dispatched by", or "database"
I haven't found any satisfying "KK", but that could be the initials of a person, just like the "PB".
There are dozens of possibilities as you'll see on the site, sorry I can't help you more...

pieanne

Joined on Thu, Jan 20 2005

South of France ...But I'm Belgian!

Veteran Member (7,512)

I'm glad to help, but I'm not a native! And please excuse my typos...

pieanne

#82343 Sat, 19 Mar 05 02:25 PM

I checked in the Forums: Post:1187
This might help you a bit...

pieanne

khoff

#82376 Sat, 19 Mar 05 04:30 PM

I think the Db/KK are the initials of the secretary who actually typed the letter and the person who composed and signed the letter. In other words, this letter might have be from King Kong, but it was actually typed by his secretary, Dust Bunny. The boss gets two capital letters and the secretary gets only one.

By the way, "dust bunny" is what we call the little clumps of dust that collect under the bed.

As has already been explained, cc means carbon copy and is followed by the initials of other people who will receive a copy of the same lettter.