Quite a few of the emails I receive have Hi as their subject. They are usually from friends, catching up on this and that. sometimes they are from people I know less well and the Hi can seem a little inappropriate. I mean, Hi is a sort of familiar, light-hearted way of greeting someone. You wouldn’t expect a message from your bank manager or GP to be addressed this way. At least not unless you knew them very well and it was some sort of relaxed and friendly communication. Tone and register are important clues as to the seriousness, or not, of a message.
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Boadicea's Chariot 