tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post2809334020594106272..comments2024-03-29T13:59:42.629+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Dear Interest, Dear Policy -- a case of taking the epistleVerónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-2349491947889288902010-09-16T09:00:16.210+01:002010-09-16T09:00:16.210+01:00My latest emails this morning miss out the "D...My latest emails this morning miss out the "Dear" altogether, so perhaps your email has had an effect after all!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-35746661568865625502010-09-15T11:19:40.530+01:002010-09-15T11:19:40.530+01:00Could be worse. A colleague once framed and hung o...Could be worse. A colleague once framed and hung on the wall of his office a letter from a business offering detailed and accurate information about third party companies and their personnel which found its way to him at his company's registered address. It commenced "Dear Mr. Limited"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-58409421544533093472010-09-14T16:11:58.099+01:002010-09-14T16:11:58.099+01:00Interest suggests an assumption regarding the care...Interest suggests an assumption regarding the careful selection of the mailing list.<br /><br />Dear recipient would be a fine generic address.Ilya Kazinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-17546848027593333262010-09-14T12:17:48.711+01:002010-09-14T12:17:48.711+01:00In all fairness to the IPO, they do seem to publis...In all fairness to the IPO, they do seem to publish brickbats as well as complements on their customer feedback pages at http://www.ipo.gov.uk/about/feedback/feedback-previous.htm although not surprisingly the compliments come first. <br /><br />I agree entirely that "interest" is an odd sort of salutation that I have seen nowhere else. I wonder how machine translations would render it into other languages?ronnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-1842680843177119062010-09-14T10:42:35.217+01:002010-09-14T10:42:35.217+01:00At least the e-mail did not begin: "Annwyl di...At least the e-mail did not begin: "Annwyl diddordeb,".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-74812719617123272092010-09-14T08:16:42.623+01:002010-09-14T08:16:42.623+01:00I thought that government had a policy of replying...I thought that government had a policy of replying to all correspondence?<br /><br />However, as someone who has to send out these type of mail frequently, I would be interested in hearing the solution. Since many emails are not "firstname.surname@" using software to automatically extract a name to be added to the email might give many odd forms of address (assuming that such software exists). The obvious answer is to use the time-honoured "Dear Sir/Madam". On the surname/forename front, sticking to surnames is preferable - even if it is a little formal, no-one is likely to be offended by a surname. There are still people who would however be offended by the impertinence of a mere government official addressing them by their first name...Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-73639717569131357382010-09-14T06:29:21.034+01:002010-09-14T06:29:21.034+01:00In my experience, the IPO consistently doesn't...In my experience, the IPO consistently doesn't answer any email that might be embarrassing or even faintly difficult, which I think is a shame. But perhaps this is SOP in the Govt Policy Practice Manual?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com