Why do some people, when referring to themselves, use the business letter closing "yours truly"?
Example:
Curious Person: Who was at the party, Desmond?
Jackass: The usual motley crew. Jasper, Caroline, that guy we call Viper, and yours truly.
You know what? From here on out, I plan to refer to myself as, alternately, "best regards", "sincerely", "best wishes", "respectfully yours", or, the ultimate, "cordially".
Love,
Cordially
P.S. "Myself" would not be a proper substitute for "yours truly" in the above example. Just in case you were wondering.
Prancing is the remote and windy singletrack in the mountain bike ride of kitty life.
I remain,
Your humble and obedient servant,
Prance E. Kitty
Offered by: Prance One and Prance Two on November 18, 2002 10:11 AMWhat, you want me to comment yet I see no link to my Jew-friendly site?
What can I say? I thought I raised you bettah than this. My heart, you are breaking.
You look thin. EAT.
What, you want me to comment yet I see no link to my Jew-friendly site?
What can I say? I thought I raised you bettah than this. My heart, you are breaking.
You look thin. EAT.
Oy, nothing like making a double entrance.
There, this makes three comments.
I'd like to know why Desmond got invited to the party and I didn't. Dictated, but not read.....
Offered by: Ellen on November 18, 2002 12:45 PMI can't help it, I go to a lot of parties...
Offered by: Jors Trulli on November 18, 2002 12:51 PMI prefer to sign my business letters a little more honestly.
With Sycophantic Fawning,
Chris
or
Despising You Intently,
Chris
I too refuse to say "yours truly" when referring to myself, but not because it's stupid. Rather, I don't say it because I am a pathological liar. Referring to myself as anything "truly" would be a complete and total fabrication.
Of course, by saying "yours truly" even if I am lying (which I always am, by the way) wouldn't that also be a lie, and therefore fit right into my normal manner of speaking? No, because according to the code of conduct set forth by my own personal god (Lyle Lovett) I am not allowed to lie while utilizing any two-word phrase that both begins and ends with a Y. Therefore, I am not allowed to lie in a sentence that uses the phrase "yours truly." (ditto: "you're smelly," "yo, Jimmy!" and "Yes! Scurvy!!!")
(I do believe that this has eclipsed my own record for the dumbest comment ever left here.)
Offered by: aaron on November 18, 2002 11:32 PMA friend of mine signed her letters...yours Trudy. She, being Trudy thought that was hilarious...it wasn't
Offered by: sally on November 19, 2002 12:12 AMAaron:
I think you hit that right on the head.
(As my students used to freequently close letters written as assignments)
Yours turly,
Offered by: Don on November 19, 2002 10:56 AM
