At 11:52 04/06/04 +0100, Rodney Tillotson wrote:
Then there's "envelope". We have in the UK, for instance, no
convention that you record an authoritative source or return
address on the outside of a letter (though it happens sometimes;
I do it when I believe the recipient's mail service will expect
it). I'm not commenting on whether that's good or bad; just that
it's different.
Given the on average greater chance in the US of mail getting
lost or misdirected, and, recipients moving away without notice,
and so on, I can easily imagine why there is such a difference :-(.
Regards, Martin.