Dear John Letters

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Fri Nov 26 15:30:46 UTC 2004


At 1:43 AM -0800 11/26/04, Benjamin Barrett wrote:
>I've always thought a "Dear John letter" was one from a man to a woman
>ending a romantic relationship, and this is confirmed by the Oxford
>Dictionary of English...

Actually, that's a "Dear Jane letter"    ;-)

Larry



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