What does v/r mean?
This afternoon I received a business e-mail signed

Quote:v/r
personname

I cannot say I have seen that before. I even googled it and came up blank.

*Scratches head*

Beats me. The only "VR" with which I'm familiar is Virtual Reality.

very respectfully?

I use v/r in my military emails all the time. It does mean "very respectfully."

--naomi

I don't think using "v/r" instead of "very respectfully" is very respectful.



"VR" in my line of work means Vocational Rehabilitation.

CurtisEdmonds Wrote:I don't think using "v/r" instead of "very respectfully" is very respectful.

I was thinking that same thing :laugh:

"Very respectfully"

Yep, that's what the fellow meant. I broke down this morning and asked him

I concur that V/r is disrespectful, because it is not commonly used or understood, forcing a person to take time to look up what it means. If I was going to put Yours Trully I would spell it out, not put Y/t. Spell it out like you mean it. Plus, why VERY respectfully anyway. Couldn't we just have put Respectfully and be done with it and now have gone through this exercise. If we write someone we really respect do the rate a Very Very Respectfully. We don't put Yours Very Trully. Either your truthful or you're not or respectful or your'e not. Let's leave it at that. Don't need a rating of how much you respect me.

I wouldn't use IM speak when talking about employment :o

I'm surprised anyone else would.

V/r is indeed used for "Very respectfully". It is a very common way to end emails and bulletins in the military. Though it is optional to actually type out "Very respectfully", it is acceptable to shorten it to V/r because of the frequency of its use. >>
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"Very respectfully" is, or should, always be used when a subordinate is addressing a superior. "Respectfully" is used when a superior is addressing subordinates. It is proper military etiquette that everyone in the military should understand, and is therefore not disrespectful. >>

It's so interesting what five-year-old threads new members choose to resurrect.

It's so interesting that 2004 is now 5 years ago.

lynnzop Wrote:It's so interesting that 2004 is now 5 years ago.

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Which makes now what . . .2009..??

Hmmm. That is interesting.


...tom...