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Kind Regards vs Kind regards?

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  • #32
    MarkR
    Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 11,295 Mod ✭✭✭✭MarkR


    I always use "regards", and I thought I was being lovely.

    Usually, I say "Regardios" in my head. Trying to make that a thing.


  • #33
    PARlance
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,073 ✭✭✭✭PARlance


    I was always a KR man but since Gmail started writing my mails for me, it's Kr.


  • #34
    NabyLadistheman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,131 ✭✭✭NabyLadistheman


    Thank if you had to re-read the thread title multiple times


  • #35
    PARlance
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,073 ✭✭✭✭PARlance


    Reminded of my first job, in a French department of a multinational. Submitted my first report and my Team Lead signed off with "A+"

    I was chuffed with myself until I found out that it meant "A plus".... or Later.

    Very informal and a bit of a come down.


  • #36
    Gravelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,119 ✭✭✭Gravelly


    PARlance wrote: »
    Reminded of my first job, in a French department of a multinational. Submitted my first report and my Team Lead signed off with "A+"

    I was chuffed with myself until I found out that it meant "A plus".... or Later.

    Very informal and a bit of a come down.

    That's nothing - I got a an email from a supplier last week saying "Payment Outstanding" - I was really proud of myself, and the funny thing is I can't even remember paying them.


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  • #37
    The Tetrarch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,085 ✭✭✭The Tetrarch


    Best regard's
    :)


  • #38
    PARlance
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,073 ✭✭✭✭PARlance


    Gravelly wrote: »
    That's nothing - I got a an email from a supplier last week saying "Payment Outstanding" - I was really proud of myself, and the funny thing is I can't even remember paying them.

    Got a similar one complementing my balance.


  • #39
    badabing106
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,523 ✭✭✭badabing106


    Yours sincerely > Kind regards>Thanks in advance


  • #40
    Boom_Bap
    Moderators, Music Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,740 Mod ✭✭✭✭Boom_Bap


    Dont be one of these people.

    BR,

    BoomerBapper


  • #41
    Edgware
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,874 ✭✭✭Edgware


    " I remain your obedient servant" will cover most eventualities


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  • #42
    Foweva Awone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,740 ✭✭✭Foweva Awone


    "Regards" if you're trying to be formal, "Kind regards" is polite, "Many thanks and kind regards" if you're looking for a big favour and being a lickarse.

    A lot of the time though I just end with my name. Nothing else is necessary.

    Hate it when people randomly end with "Thanks, name" when there's nothing they're actually thanking you for.


  • #43
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    Why would you randomly capitalise a word like that in any case?


  • #44
    Gimme A Pound
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,482 ✭✭✭Gimme A Pound


    Dial Hard wrote: »
    It's incorrect to capitalise regards as it's not a proper noun. It'd Be Like Randomly Capitalising Any Other Word In A Sentence.
    Exactly. A capital letter for a word that's not a proper noun is incorrect.

    It's always being done in the workplace too. They think it looks so professional and clever when it looks the opposite.


  • #45
    eviltimeban
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,136 ✭✭✭eviltimeban


    How does a pirate sign off emails?

    "Kind regarrrrrds"


  • #46
    Gimme A Pound
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,482 ✭✭✭Gimme A Pound


    mariaalice wrote: »
    Regards sounds curt and Kind regards sound a bit silly to me, so I mostly sign off Thank you, someone, you never met signing Warmest regards or kindest regards is worst sounds overfamiliar.
    I only say thanks if actually thanking them for something.


  • #47
    petes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,382 ✭✭✭petes


    Best Regards


    With cnuts in white text underneath


  • #48
    StreetLight
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,501 ✭✭✭StreetLight


    The Tetrarch wrote: »
    Best regard's
    :)

    Best regard is what?


  • #49
    heretothere
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 635 ✭✭✭heretothere


    Gravelly wrote: »
    That's nothing - I got a an email from a supplier last week saying "Payment Outstanding" - I was really proud of myself, and the funny thing is I can't even remember paying them.

    Ya I get those several times a day and often in much harsher terms! It's not my company, I've no control over who or when anyone gets paid and inform them so! They still email again a few days later. I inform the same thing and move on with my day!


  • #50
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,931 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    suicide_circus wrote: »
    just don't use the phrase "...will revert back to..."

    it doesn't mean what you think it means

    I think Revert can mean more than one thing, just as many other words have more than one meaning. Some dictionaries list more than one meaning.

    https://www.yourdictionary.com/revert

    If an e mail originated in America or India, Revert will a common usage to mean Reply. I have also seen it in Irish e mails, so the usage is spreading into British English, and you seem to be very aware of it. This process is known as semantic change in etymology and there is no point in trying to stop it. You may as well try to make people revert to the original meaning of the word Nice which started out as meaning Foolish.

    Revert and revert back to mean Reply are considered as non standard in British English, but in future this will probably change. And I know from reading opinions on the internet, that Revert Back especially causes a lot of anguish to those who think English should be set in stone. But they are fighting a losing battle.


  • #51
    Jaelynn Disgusting Thimble
    Posts: 81,310 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Jaelynn Disgusting Thimble


    Fighting against revert is the hill I will die on


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  • #52
    pleas advice
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,492 ✭✭✭pleas advice


    Yours,
    Truly


  • #53
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,802 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    dxhound2005 wrote: »
    I think Revert can mean more than one thing, just as many other words have more than one meaning. Some dictionaries list more than one meaning.

    https://www.yourdictionary.com/revert

    If an e mail originated in America or India, Revert will a common usage to mean Reply. I have also seen it in Irish e mails, so the usage is spreading into British English, and you seem to be very aware of it. This process is known as semantic change in etymology and there is no point in trying to stop it. You may as well try to make people revert to the original meaning of the word Nice which started out as meaning Foolish.

    Revert and revert back to mean Reply are considered as non standard in British English, but in future this will probably change. And I know from reading opinions on the internet, that Revert Back especially causes a lot of anguish to those who think English should be set in stone. But they are fighting a losing battle.
    agreed, the illiterates will ultimately succeed.


  • #54
    Ipso
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,995 ✭✭✭Ipso


    Always yours, regrads


  • #55
    worded
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,843 ✭✭✭worded


    bluewolf wrote: »
    Fighting against revert is the hill I will die on

    And Irregardless of the odds I shall fight the good fight with you


  • #56
    gozunda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    worded wrote: »
    And Irregardless of the odds I shall fight the good fight with you

    Best of regards with that ... ;)


  • #57
    worded
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,843 ✭✭✭worded


    Church on Tuesday wrote: »
    Either is fine.

    Either or ither will do

    Or Ather if from the country

    Iregardless,

    Worded


  • #58
    gozunda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    worded wrote: »
    Either or ither will do

    Or Ather if from the country

    Iregardless,

    Worded

    I prefer Eider down tbh - much nicer


  • #59
    Franz Von Peppercorn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,070 ✭✭✭Franz Von Peppercorn


    dxhound2005 wrote: »
    I think Revert can mean more than one thing, just as many other words have more than one meaning. Some dictionaries list more than one meaning.

    https://www.yourdictionary.com/revert

    If an e mail originated in America or India, Revert will a common usage to mean Reply. I have also seen it in Irish e mails, so the usage is spreading into British English, and you seem to be very aware of it. This process is known as semantic change in etymology and there is no point in trying to stop it. You may as well try to make people revert to the original meaning of the word Nice which started out as meaning Foolish.

    Revert and revert back to mean Reply are considered as non standard in British English, but in future this will probably change. And I know from reading opinions on the internet, that Revert Back especially causes a lot of anguish to those who think English should be set in stone. But they are fighting a losing battle.

    Not at all. Plenty battles are won. Why fight revert as reply?

    a) reply already exists and fulfills that purpose.
    b) revert fulfills another purpose.

    for a word to disappear so another word already useful in a different context takes over is unusual.


  • #60
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,802 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »
    Not at all. Plenty battles are won. Why fight revert as reply?

    a) reply already exists and fulfills that purpose.
    b) revert fulfills another purpose.

    for a word to disappear so another word already useful in a different context takes over is unusual.
    It's a handy way to identify someone who feels they need business lingo to help them sound competent.


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  • #61
    Peregrinus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,600 ✭✭✭✭Peregrinus


    Your e-mail should begin:

    "I have the honour to present my respects, and to acknowledge the receipt of [e-mail to which you are replying] . . ."

    And it should close with :

    "I avail myself of this opportuntity to renew to you, Sir [or Madam], the assurance of my highest consideration."

    Anything less is extremely rude.

    (And do not randomly capitalise words.)


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