I've been thinking a lot about how people sign their e-mails and letters. "Sincerely," "best," "ciao," "cheers," "regards," "from," "love" are words that precede our names in correspondence.
"Ciao" and "cheers" sound friendly and informal.
"Regards" and "best" are formal and polite, at least to me. Although, most formal letters from lawyers write "sincerely," which to me implies an emotionally heartfelt letter that they sincerely meant, which is probably not the spirit in which they wrote their dry formal letter.
"Love" is a loaded ending, because the person might then think you're in love with them if you use that one.
And "from" just seems cold.
Can you tell a lot about a person by how they sign a piece of correspondence?
What about "peace," "keep on rocking" and endings like that? Are these people trying too hard to be cool?
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