"Sup fuckers, [...]"

When I learned business letter writing, they didn't. I realize things are a lot less formal now, but I still wouldn't write "dear x" in a business setting.

This got a sensible chuckle out of me but I haven’t seen anyone use ‘Dear…’ in a professional setting. It should lead with the names of the main addressees and maybe a pleasantry.

‘Morning, Jim and Bob,

Did you get that thing I sent ya?’

And don't get me started on "yours truly"

I had never even thought of it as a term of endearment, it was just "start a letter this way". Now that'll be such in my head!

Grew up in Spain, spent the past 20+ years in English speaking countries,

It still creeps me out that I have to write "Dear" on emails.

Like, we haven't even met.

Be sure to stand out when sending your resume by starting the letter with "Dearest ..."

Aloe love,

• me when sunburned

My dearest Melpert...

For a while, I opened my cover letters with "Hi." like I'm fucking Windows 11 looking for a fresh install at their employment.

Yeah I've been a corpo for over a decade and can't recall any dear fishy emails except when dealing with overseas production in China and Vietnam.

When I noticed it I switched to "Greetings" or "Good [time of day]"

Same but with German. Just anglophone things.

For a printed business letter, put their contact info in the top right, and address them with their title and surname, followed by a colon. For example,

Professor Thorne:

President Kennedy:

Father Milligan:

Ms Helgastottir:

It's like if we casually used "esteemed" or "the most respectable" when emailing people.