[Ads-l] dear John letter/Greetings

[paul johnson]

Wasn't that draft notice called the "greeting" letter?  Went something like
"Greetings
The friends and neighbors of your community have...."

On 11/16/2014 12:07 AM, Wilson Gray wrote:
>> anecdotal
> A *feature*, not a bug. ;-)
>
>> elderly
> Anecdotally speaking, I've seen _elderly_ defined as, "the age of the
> speaker plus ten years."
>
> On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 9:18 AM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
> wrote:
>
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>> Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>> Poster:       Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
>> Subject:      Re: dear John letter
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>> And then there were those scary letters you got from your girlfriend =
>> that began "Greetings!"
>>
>> LH
>> =20

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