Dear John Letters

sagehen sagehen at WESTELCOM.COM
Fri Nov 26 16:20:02 UTC 2004


>Benjamin Barrett writes:
>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.
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Surely a letter from a woman to  man.  Typically illustrated as the man in
uniform reading the letter from the "girl he left behind."
A. Murie



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