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In my correspondence with the people at the Goethe Institute, I've noticed that they stick to fairly strict formats in both email and posts on the forum. (Salutation, body, closing, signature) I find this incredibly weird.
When I email people in the US, I find that I typically leave out the salutation after the first response, and almost never use a closing (sincerely, yours, etc). Yes, even in somewhat formal situations!
Is this a weird American cultural thing, a weird internet cultural thing, or what? I know that Americans tend toward informality when at all possible, and Germans tend to err on the side of formality, so it could be that.
When I email people in the US, I find that I typically leave out the salutation after the first response, and almost never use a closing (sincerely, yours, etc). Yes, even in somewhat formal situations!
Is this a weird American cultural thing, a weird internet cultural thing, or what? I know that Americans tend toward informality when at all possible, and Germans tend to err on the side of formality, so it could be that.
