On 20150710_1208-0400, Miles Fidelman wrote: > John Hasler wrote: > >Lisi writes: > >>No, I disagree. Mesdames is now fully accepted, and I would say expected, > >>giving: > >>Dear Sirs/Mesdames or even dear Mesdames/Sirs. > >>Duck includes drake and mankind includes women. > >Ok. Let's settle on "Dear Peeps". > > > > > >Actually "Dear" when addressing strangers has always struck me as odd. > > I usually settle on "Hi Folks," or just "Folks," - that probably is > inclusive enough to cover Martians and AIs....
Just "Hi," is definitely more inclusive than "Folks," in my opinion. If you want to be more formal/pompous use "Honorable" instead of "Dear" Really pompous and inclusive, consider "Honorable Sentient Beings;" --------------------------^ I was taught in high school in 1953, that for formal letters, the salutation is terminated with a semicolon, not a comma, which was thought to be only suitable for informal communications. Just "Hi," has the benefit of fewer key strokes. (;-) And it's suitable even for an email addressed to single potted plant. -- Paul E Condon pecon...@mesanetworks.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150711203849.ga2...@big.lan.gnu