Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Friend's Email
As people here might say, just I receive this email. It's from a friend of a friend; the writer is studying to become a Jesuit priest and is very good, nice, and friendly. All three of us had dinner and three days after, he wrote this email. Name withheld for obvious reasons:
> Dear Respected Gabi, greetings from [name].
> I hope that you recognize me. I do not know how
> to address you. Therefore, I started with ‘Dear
> Respected Gabi’. I think that I should ask you
> how you are. Am I correct? I think I am
> correct. Ok, how are you? M………but in return you
> are not asking me anything. Ok, though you
> don’t ask me how I am, let me tell you how I
> am. I am very fa……t. Gabi, I can not send you
> mail without writing anything. I was thinking a
> lot what to write. Finally I ended with this
> way of writing. If it is boring you, I am very
> sorry, ok? Gabi, thank you very much for
> reading this mail.
> [name]
> Dear Respected Gabi, greetings from [name].
> I hope that you recognize me. I do not know how
> to address you. Therefore, I started with ‘Dear
> Respected Gabi’. I think that I should ask you
> how you are. Am I correct? I think I am
> correct. Ok, how are you? M………but in return you
> are not asking me anything. Ok, though you
> don’t ask me how I am, let me tell you how I
> am. I am very fa……t. Gabi, I can not send you
> mail without writing anything. I was thinking a
> lot what to write. Finally I ended with this
> way of writing. If it is boring you, I am very
> sorry, ok? Gabi, thank you very much for
> reading this mail.
> [name]