In our Internet age, it's too intimate for some, too formal for others
(NEWSER) - Dear reader: If starting your correspondence with the word “dear” seems just a bit too familiar to use, you’re not alone. The long-penned salutation appears to be headed for extinction, thanks in part to the proliferation of informal communication like email, the Wall Street Journal reports. Even one spokesperson for a member of Congress, who tries to keep her communications with the press at “the utmost and highest level of professionalism,” won’t use “dear” because it’s “too intimate,” she says. What does she use instead? “Hey, folks.” More»
