Dear John Letters

[Benjamin Barrett]

Oh, right. I always have trouble keeping straight things straight...BB

> -----Original Message-----
> From: American Dialect Society
> [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Laurence Horn
>
> 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"    ;-)