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Valedictions

"Yours, etc." is a great idea for special uses, combining pomposity with just a touch of rude condescension.

Valedictions are a big problem. We desperately need a convention, especially for emails and phone text messages. We need them as "Over and out" signs. I unhappily use YT (short for "Yours Truly") and IHS. IHS can mean "In His Service", "In Hoc Signo Vinces", or the Christogram---see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christogram#IHS. I like triple entendre. As an economist, it feels good to make words work triple overtime.

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"Yours, etc." is a great idea for special uses, combining pomposity with just a touch of rude condescension.

Valedictions are a big problem. We desperately need a convention, especially for emails and phone text messages. We need them as "Over and out" signs.

  I unhappily use YT (short for "Yours Truly") and IHS. IHS can mean "In His Service", "In Hoc Signo Vinces", or the Christogram---see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christogram#IHS.
  I like triple entendre.
        As an economist, it feels good to make words work triple overtime.

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