Truthfully,yours: Everything comes to an end, even us

So "kind regards" becomes "KR", or "yours" may do away with pesky vowels to leave "yrs".

There are those who pare it down to the absolute minimum, signing off with simply their name or even just the initial letter of their forename. Others might omit a sign off altogether. While this may come across as peremptory or rude, at least it avoids misinterpretation. Some people swing the other way and end their emails with an altogether friendlier tone.

While most would consider that kisses have no place in a business environment, they often creep into emails — and sometimes from people the recipient has never even met. For some, an "x" at the end of an email is a friendly endnote; for others it is totally inappropriate.

A casual "cheers" is frequently used as a sign off on UK emails, but can be utterly perplexing for other nationalities. Not surprising when a hearty "cheers" also can be used for clinking glasses at the pub, or to thank a checkout person at the supermarket. I position them in my mind as a sort of halfway place between texts and hard copy letters: If you liked this story, sign up for the weekly bbc. Language Careers Are people misinterpreting your email sign-off?

What's your style — a surfer speak 'peace out' or more frosty 'KR'?

References

When letters were the only form of written correspondence, signing off was obvious. I might even get stuck into attachments next. Make it a trilogy.

I wish you all the best of luck in finding out. I arrived back one evening to discover a couple of my fellow travellers had just got matching tattoos. One had ATB on his bicep, the other on his wrist.

Apparently it was their holiday catchphrase. I mean, office life is dull enough; do we really have to bring insincere sincerity into it? Nowadays, your average millennial is never more than 90 seconds away from a Whatsapp notification. You can believe what I say or not.

And so we get to the initialled signoff. Turns out that fad had some staying power.

Call me old-fashioned, but you should have to earn the right to call someone by the diminutive of their name. This assumed, nay, foisted closeness overrides the natural order of relationships.

So what signoffs do I agree with? I prefer things people actually say in real life.