Email Etiquette

Its kinda formal Prefer saying Cheers myself, but I do say that as well if I send pm's, and emails. For me its just a way to say g'bye in a friendly way, when I am not talking to a friend, or someone I know.

Hmm interesting point ...

I was always told in my English class to sign off a letter yours sincerely if you had addressed it to someone or yours faithfully if you started dear sir.

Was also taught never to start a letter Im writing to .... - its obvious you're writing 'coz im reading it lol

Come on someone - why do we use these terms?

I use "best wishes" for the formal ones. After all, most of the time you want people to be happy and prosperous, don't you !!

There's no salutation at all - only my name and contact details - at the conclusion of one of my really snotty emails.

I use "Kind regards" all the time, not too sure why but "yours sincerely" seems too formal. In some cases I just shorten it to "KR" if its one of my team, which initially did cause some entertaining guessing games as to what it meant before I had to spell it out

I tend to use "kind regards" with a formal signature the first time I talk to someone, then it's "cheers Steve" then onwards. But if I have my angry hat on and have to shout at someone, then it's just "regards", or just formal sig depending how grumpy I am.

As for Barneys original question, would be interested to know why we all seem to go down the regards route? It sounds more American than UK, so guess its grown up with email and we've all followed like lemmings?

Saw Michael McIntyre last night at Birminghams NIA, and he came up with a funny observation. When we were kids, it was always "are we there yet" as we sat bored in the back of the car. He said his kids now say "have we reached our destination yet?"