[Mageia-dev] Draft of a Letter to the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC).

[Anne Wilson]

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On 08/11/2012 10:03, Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
> 2012/11/8 Anne Wilson <cannewilson at googlemail.com>:
>> 
>>> This is an official letter, and therefore should have the
>>> official address to the recipient.
>>> 
>>> Consider using a more generinc term, like «Greetings» or «Good 
>>> morgning» (depending on the time of day you send the email.) or
>>> a similar term.
>>> 
>>> This is far too colloquial, and unsuitable for a letter to an 
>>> official body.
>>> 
>> Agreed.
> 
> Yes, +1
> 
> But here we have the differences of English "rules" in different 
> countries and even schools. In Germany in "Business English" I
> learned to address the recipient in an official letter with
> 
> "Madam, Sir,
> 
> On behalf of........"
> 
> No "dear" or "forever yours" :)
> 
> I received some official letters with that same address from
> English companies (mostly unwanted business offers but
> nevertheless), one even from a company specialized in setting up
> LTD organisations by UK laws.
> 
Yes, that sounds perfectly acceptable, and I guess is a move to
internationalise addressing unknown people.  The traditional "Dear
Sir" and "Yours faithfully" sounds increasingly archaic, even though
it is still much in use.

Anne
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