How do you start off an email address?

[Cristatus]

How would you start of a formal email, to (in my case) a member of faculty/staff (lecturer) that you have never met, and are not sure of the gender. How would you address it? I was thinking: "Dear Sir" but that sounds a bit too formal.

Any ideas?

 

[Tylanner]

dear pal

 

[Ryan]

"Yo Bitch!" Will work just fine no matter the gender.

 

[kranky]

You said it was a formal email, so start with "Dear Sir or Madam:"

But it's better to find out first if it's a man or woman so you don't have to use the "or"

 

[gigapet]

Greetings,

 

[arcenite]

Yo ****** hows it hangin?

 

[Soccer55]

I usually address e-mails to my professors using "Professor _______". If they're one of those that insist on being called "Dr. ______", then use that instead.

-Tom

 

[SaturnX]

I'll either use:

Dear Prof. McProf,

OR

Prof. McProf,

--Mark

 

[Phoenix86]

Topic Title: How do you start off an email address?

I generally start off an e-mail address with the user name followed by the "@" symbol, then I include the domain and suffix, but only if I want it delivered.

 

[cKGunslinger]

My School Faculty Member,

 

[loic2003]

To show respect, yet not appear too submissive, go for
Dear Mr. X

where X is the surname of your lecturer. Don't forget the rule:

Start a letter with Dear Sir -> end in: yours faithfully
Start with Dear Mr. X -> end with: your sincerely
(way to remember it: S->F Science Fiction)

 

[Hammerhead]

I start mine off with:
Hey <insert name here>

One thing I found interesting is all the Indian people I know start theirs with "Hai"

WTF is "Hai"?

do they mean "Hi"?

 

[Cuda1447]

Originally posted by: loic2003
To show respect, yet not appear too submissive, go for
Dear Mr. X

where X is the surname of your lecturer. Don't forget the rule:

Start a letter with Dear Sir -> end in: yours faithfully
Start with Dear Mr. X -> end with: your sincerely
(way to remember it: S->F Science Fiction)

where the fvck did you get that rule from/

 

[Bozono]

"Good thing you can't hear me right now 'cause I'm slurring my words worse than a toothles Louisianian".

 

[Cristatus]

Originally posted by: Hammerhead
I start mine off with:
Hey <insert name here>

One thing I found interesting is all the Indian people I know start theirs with "Hai"

WTF is "Hai"?

do they mean "Hi"?

That's with the people that write in their own language using a english keyboard. And please don't say all :|...I'm Indian, and I say Hi.

Originally posted by: Cuda1447

Originally posted by: loic2003
To show respect, yet not appear too submissive, go for
Dear Mr. X

where X is the surname of your lecturer. Don't forget the rule:

Start a letter with Dear Sir -> end in: yours faithfully
Start with Dear Mr. X -> end with: your sincerely
(way to remember it: S->F Science Fiction)

where the fvck did you get that rule from/

Who cares? It's good enough.



Also, I didn't say it was a professor (because that would indicate that it was a male, right?) but it's actualy a member that doesn't lecture. I know I shouldn't have put lecturer, I know. It's actually somebody like a receptionist, but in the Business department.

Yours faithfully: Confused

 

[firewall]

To whom it may concern

 

[Hammerhead]

Originally posted by: logic1485

Originally posted by: Hammerhead
I start mine off with:
Hey <insert name here>

One thing I found interesting is all the Indian people I know start theirs with "Hai"

WTF is "Hai"?

do they mean "Hi"?

And please don't say all :|...I'm Indian, and I say Hi.

Hai,
I said all the Indian people I know...
Bai

 

[Cristatus]

Originally posted by: Hammerhead

Originally posted by: logic1485

Originally posted by: Hammerhead
I start mine off with:
Hey <insert name here>

One thing I found interesting is all the Indian people I know start theirs with "Hai"

WTF is "Hai"?

do they mean "Hi"?

And please don't say all :|...I'm Indian, and I say Hi.

Hai,
I said all the Indian people I know...
Bai

Well, they must have funny Indian accents as well, right? Are they naturalized to the country you live in?

 

[Hammerhead]

Originally posted by: logic1485

Originally posted by: Hammerhead

Originally posted by: logic1485

Originally posted by: Hammerhead
I start mine off with:
Hey <insert name here>

One thing I found interesting is all the Indian people I know start theirs with "Hai"

WTF is "Hai"?

do they mean "Hi"?

And please don't say all :|...I'm Indian, and I say Hi.

Hai,
I said all the Indian people I know...
Bai

Well, they must have funny Indian accents as well, right? Are they naturalized to the country you live in?

I don't know about "funny", but I do have have some ABCD friends who still type "HAI"

 

[Cristatus]

Ok, so here's what I did, I wrote: Dear Mr(s) xyz...yours sincerely.

I hope that's good.

 

[loic2003]

Originally posted by: Cuda1447

Originally posted by: loic2003
To show respect, yet not appear too submissive, go for
Dear Mr. X

where X is the surname of your lecturer. Don't forget the rule:

Start a letter with Dear Sir -> end in: yours faithfully
Start with Dear Mr. X -> end with: your sincerely
(way to remember it: S->F Science Fiction)

where the fvck did you get that rule from/

one

Yours faithfully, (If you don't know the name of the person you're writing to) Yours sincerely, (If you know the name of the person you're writing to)

two

If you are writing to someone whose name and title you do not know, use the greeting Dear Sir or Madam, and the ending Yours faithfully, signing yourself with your initials and surname.

If you are writing to a named person, address them as Dear Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms, and end Yours sincerely, followed by your first name and surname.

three

End a business letter with 'Yours faithfully' if started with 'Dear Sir' and 'Yours sincerely' if you named the person at the beginning.

Four

*
If the letter is addressed to Dear Mr Williams, Dear Miss Williams, Dear Mrs Williams, Dear Ms Williams the letter should be ended with "Yours sincerely" and make sure sincerely has a small "s".
*
If the letter is addressed to Dear Sir, Dear Madam, Dear Sir/Madam then the letter should be ended with "Yours faithfully" again using a small "f" for faithfully.

You're welcome.

 

[firewall]

Originally posted by: Hammerhead
I start mine off with:
Hey <insert name here>

One thing I found interesting is all the Indian people I know start theirs with "Hai"

WTF is "Hai"?

do they mean "Hi"?

:laugh:

 

[CyNics]

hai is pussy in cantonese (native speech of cantonese people and residents of Hong Kong..etc)

 

[Rubycon]

An email address usually starts with something and there's an @ sign after that something.

Letters? Dear Sire or Madame.

 

[Epic Fail]

"Free iPod" or "Get your VI@gRa"