[ECOS] Re: Need Help--- For Porting RedBoot

[Grant Edwards <grante@visi.com>]

>> It's usual to use "Dear" along with a name as a saluation in a
>> formal letter.  For example:
>> 
>>    Dear Mr. Edwards
>>   
>>    Thank you for your interest in our product line.  Blah,
>>    blah, blah...
>> 
>> However, using "dear" alone when addressing a person is used to
>> express intimacy or affection (you call your husband or wife
>> wife or very close friend/relative "dear").
>
> 	By the way, I'm not native english, but a lot of people here says "Oh!
> Dear..." when u got in a bad situation like, for example,  Redboot not
> working... :-)

Good point.  I hadn't thought about that third usage, where
you're not addressing or saluting[1] anybody.

[1] "Saluting" sounds very odd in this context, but isn't that
     what you're doing when you're using a salutation?

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Grant Edwards                   grante             Yow!  I'm having an
                                  at               emotional outburst!!
                               visi.com            

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