I would read annoyance from my name w/o greeting but not be offended. I use greeting+name for the first few emails in a conversation, or for long emails. No greeting, no name for quick replies afterwards (e.g. "I've put it in your pigeon hole. Thanks again!" or "See you there")
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Replying to @emma_cogdev @JenniRodd
I use such complex rules for this they don't fit in a tweet — but basically I have learned there is SO MUCH signal in emails in the UK that you cannot ignore if you are an immigrant but probably afford to if you are from here.
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Replying to @o_guest @JenniRodd
Yeah, I've more rules than I've put there, that's just the most relevant. I'm sorry you feel you're given less leeway than Brits are, I can totally imagine that & it's very unfair. There's so many unspoken cultural rules and people not a part of that are at a disadvantage.
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Replying to @emma_cogdev @JenniRodd
Legally, I am British — so can't imagine how much harder it is for non-UKers.
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Replying to @o_guest @JenniRodd
Oh, true, sorry! I was searching for "non-native speakers" but for culture, and went for this short-hand but it was a bit lazy. Definitely didn't want to exclude you.
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Replying to @emma_cogdev @JenniRodd
Yeah, don't worry nationality, ethnicity and all these things become a soup of meaningless words when you emigrate.
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Replying to @o_guest @JenniRodd
Definitely. I have realised you can lose these native cultural things, as well. Friends ask me etiquette questions about the UK and I just don't know anymore after US and Netherlands interference.
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Replying to @emma_cogdev @JenniRodd
In all honesty, I don't know what I am (possibly never have). Am I British Cypriot (what we call a "charlie" in Cyprus)? Am a Cypriot Brit (what UKers call an "expat")? So a repatriated ex-pat or a Cypriot immigrant? Both? Is both even possible?
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All I know is I am a Middle Easterner who passes as white up until people who vote UKIP (I guess now Brexit Party) talk to me a little and then spit in my face. And every friend I have from back home who lives/lived in London also has been spat at.
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I know there are nice people out there, so that's something.
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