Talk:dear Sir

RFD discussion: November 2019–April 2020
SOP. &#x200b;—msh210℠ (talk) 11:38, 1 November 2019 (UTC)


 * Keep. I do not think combining the meanings of the parts allows one to conclude that this is a dated formal salutation used in letters. --Lambiam 10:26, 3 November 2019 (UTC)


 * Move to the appendix called "How we used to write letters before Twitter". Equinox ◑ 10:30, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Dear Sir Equinox, maybe Twitter should be scrapped. I'm inclined to keep this. And "Dear sir or madam" is/was used when you don't know who is going to read the letter. DonnanZ (talk) 11:08, 4 November 2019 (UTC)


 * You're an idiot. And Twitter should definitely be scrapped. Equinox ◑ 05:22, 1 January 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete. There are lots of common phrases which are not words, and thus not the domain of a dictionary. If we wanted to document all sentences and sentence fragments this might have a place here. - TheDaveRoss  16:33, 4 November 2019 (UTC)
 * ? We have lots of entries that are common phrases which are not words (e.g., , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ). --Lambiam 18:53, 4 November 2019 (UTC)
 * This is not a noun. It's a phrase --Vealhurl (talk) 21:36, 15 November 2019 (UTC)
 * For me, this is an obvious keep. John Cross (talk) 15:24, 16 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Inclined to keep per Lambiam. Falls in the same category as other conventional formulas largely restricted to particular narrow usage contexts, like, , etc. — Vorziblix (talk · contribs) 05:19, 22 November 2019 (UTC)


 * RFD-kept: no consensus to delete. --Dan Polansky (talk) 08:21, 18 April 2020 (UTC)