How do you sign off your emails?

I use a dash and my first name unless there’s some reason I think I need more formality, in which case I use “sincerely” and my full name.

I use “Warmest regards” most of the time. For informal emails I usually just leave my name/nickname at the end. (:

Good health!

Dispense with salutations in email??? What’s next… dispense with grammar, capitalization, punctuation and spelling?
oh, wait, nevermind…

prof, why u giv me c- on my test! you horrible.

I usually say thank you or have a good day. Occasionally an i love you.

If it’s family and friends, I sign off with “Love, Jordy” or a dash followed by my name. If it’s a more formal contact, I sign off with either “Sincerely, Jordy Last Name” or “Kind regards, Jordy Last Name.”

Best regards,
Kind regards,
Kindest regards,
Highest regards,
Pull my finger,
I know what you did last summer,
She’s not a real blonde,
Tacos for all,
Love me,

Thanks so far everyone for sharing your ‘sign-offs’.

I usually use ‘regards’ or ‘kind regards’ or ‘cheers’ or if it’s someone I love, ‘love’.

@bookish1 you get those too! :D

@RealEyesRealizeRealLies I’m not pulling your finger. Fallen for that one before.

I rotate these three depending on the purpose of the eMail and who the recipient(s) is/are:

Cheers,
Kind Regards,
Thanks a Heap,

Followed by two spaces (as if I could sign my name there) and:

- (my name)

It depends on the sender and the message.

I usually try to tie in the closing with something relevant cheerful or sincere. Barring that formal. If it’s just a quick back and forth like text message usually nothing.

No hard fast rules. Just wing it.

Often, it’s “Thanks!”
Frequently, nothing.
Sometimes, “Have a great evening/day/weekend!”

In my limited experience (watching American TV rather then personal experience), I have noticed when people end telephone calls in US television programs they tend to say what they have to say and then hang-up. There is no wrapping up with ‘see you later’, ‘bye for now’ type stuff. Is this what really happens or do people in the US normally sign off a telephone call with Goodbye or something similar. In the UK and Australia, people always end a call with some form of farewell remark and to not do so could be construed as blunt and bad mannered.

I had a boss who was Canadian and she would always end her calls quite abruptly. To the point where a number of people mentioned it but we put it down to a cultural difference.

I notice you wrote that you sometimes write nothing when ending an email @augustlan and I wonder if this is a continuation of a similar communication trait to telephone courtesy? Is it common for people in the US to just finish an email and not to sign off? If of course the television portrayal is accurate, which it may not be! I’m just wondering if this is a cultural difference?

I don’t think many people in the US end phone calls without a ‘goodbye’ of some type. That would be considered rude here, too. Email is sort of tricky…less formal than a letter (usually), and sometimes more akin to a text message. I have more trouble deciding on salutations in emails, too.

Always. I never send personal emails (text messaging nipped that in the bud), so most of my emails are work or school related. I think email etiquette is important and I think a lack of greeting or sign-off is unprofessional.

I usually type:

Thank you,
(my name)

@Bellatrix I can’t speak for all Americans, but every phone conversation I’ve ever had (or heard) ended with a goodbye of some sort, unless it was an angry hang-up situation.

Quite often it’s “Sent from my iphone”

I really should get round to changing that

Lately I have been ending many of my emails with “Thanks for your support.”

@Bellatrix Don’t believe everything you see on TV.
Every home is not tremendous.
Every phone number does not begin with 555.
Every Christmas present is not wrapped with paper and bow and yet is magically able to be instantly opened from the top with no effort.
Not everyone carries a Glock. Some carry Rugers or Smith and Wessons. :-)

@LuckyGuy, you will notice I queried whether it was an accurate or inaccurate portrayal of US behaviour. I asked the question because I am very aware that what we see on TV is not necessarily accurate. I’m sure it is possible to survive for more than a couple of days in the village of Midsomer and that one can drive across the US without being murdered by a serial killer :-)

@Bellatrix I know you know better. Those are just some of my pet peeves that cause me to cringe when I see them on TV. I never tire of the opportunity to set the record straight.
Thanks for your support. ;-)

Cheers,
Thanks,
Regards,
Best wishes,
(name)

Usually no salutation or tag line at all.

Just “El Bandito” (or whatever my real name is.

Qapla!

Generally just my name.

I can’t remember the last time I sent a personal email… but I’m pretty sure I ended it

~Alyson

I it’s work related I just put Many Thanks. If it’s personal I just sign of with me name and sometimes a x (kiss).

I sign off business emails with “Kind regards”. Emails to family or close friends, I sign off with “lots of love” or something like that. The rest, it depends what the email is about.

@LuckyGuy I love your response, us Aussies are swamped with a lot of cringe worth US offerings on our TVs. Glad to hear from the real deal, my experience travelling in the States was great everyone I met was kind and respectful, more so than here, we are a lot more relaxed and laid back I think.

By the way ‘Cheers’ or ‘regards’ depending on who is the correspondent

Work email: Simply take care or sincerely – then I have my work info and phone # at the bottom; that always shows.

Work email with my happy clients – something with an exclamation point!

Relatives and close friends:
1) Typically I end it with “Always,” A long time ago a friend of mine ended an email with that, and it just kind of stuck. Sweet, caring and emotional, all wrapped in one.
2) I have automatic random quotes that show on the footer of the email.
Here’s one: “Constantly choosing the less of two evils, is still choosing evil” – Jerry Garcia

Xo

@serenityNOW oooooo I like “always” really beautiful

Thank you everyone. Well I guess we won’t be following the journalist’s lead in deciding to not bother to sign off.

I was hoping for some funnier sign-offs. “Yours always to infinity and beyond”. I have a colleague who signs off ‘In unity” but that’s related to her job and I think its quite nice.

Anyway, thank you everyone.

Evilly yours

Bellatrix

Maybe I should switch to “With lurve, Auggie.”

It has a nice ring to it @augustlan, and of course, fits with your job too.

^^ ...it’s quite nice… damn you apostrophe.

In sorcery

Bellatrix