How to address emails
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How to address emails
Brace yourself for an insanely noobish question . I just received my first email from a Cambodian and looking at the name in the signature I'm not sure how to address my response. From googling it looks like the Cambodian naming convention is family name then given name. Is this correct? Do I still address my email to the given name?
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If you know the gender just do a generic dear sir or dear madam.trainsandcups wrote:Brace yourself for an insanely noobish question . I just received my first email from a Cambodian and looking at the name in the signature I'm not sure how to address my response. From googling it looks like the Cambodian naming convention is family name then given name. Is this correct? Do I still address my email to the given name?
Normally the family name is first but it isn't always strictly followed, some, foreign savvy, people will follow the foreign format.
It depends on how well you know them, if you know them well use the forename. If you don't know them just follow how they signed the email.
Don't stress about it, they probably won't even read the email response...
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I have no idea what the gender is lol. If people are mixing up the naming conventions, it sounds like it'll be impossible for me to tell with anyone until I'm on the ground and meeting and interacting with people so I can learn names. For now I guess I'll stick with an even more generic "hello". It's not as personal as I like, but at least it's better than getting the gender or name wrong.ផោមក្លិនស្អុយ wrote:If you know the gender just do a generic dear sir or dear madam.trainsandcups wrote:Brace yourself for an insanely noobish question . I just received my first email from a Cambodian and looking at the name in the signature I'm not sure how to address my response. From googling it looks like the Cambodian naming convention is family name then given name. Is this correct? Do I still address my email to the given name?
Normally the family name is first but it isn't always strictly followed, some, foreign savvy, people will follow the foreign format.
It depends on how well you know them, if you know them well use the forename. If you don't know them just follow how they signed the email.
Don't stress about it, they probably won't even read the email response...
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Also be mindful that many Khmer names are gender neutral, so be careful with that. Because of that, you'll see some women have their name followed by (Ms.). You'll start to pick up on names though and begin to recognize first and family names.ផោមក្លិនស្អុយ wrote:If you know the gender just do a generic dear sir or dear madam.trainsandcups wrote:Brace yourself for an insanely noobish question . I just received my first email from a Cambodian and looking at the name in the signature I'm not sure how to address my response. From googling it looks like the Cambodian naming convention is family name then given name. Is this correct? Do I still address my email to the given name?
Normally the family name is first but it isn't always strictly followed, some, foreign savvy, people will follow the foreign format.
It depends on how well you know them, if you know them well use the forename. If you don't know them just follow how they signed the email.
Don't stress about it, they probably won't even read the email response...
But like he said above, don't stress about it too much, unless it's to a Minister. And then just address it "Your Excellency".
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He?Miguelito wrote:But like he said above, don't stress about it too much, unless it's to a Minister. And then just address it "Your Excellency".ផោមក្លិនស្អុយ wrote:If you know the gender just do a generic dear sir or dear madam.trainsandcups wrote:Brace yourself for an insanely noobish question . I just received my first email from a Cambodian and looking at the name in the signature I'm not sure how to address my response. From googling it looks like the Cambodian naming convention is family name then given name. Is this correct? Do I still address my email to the given name?
Normally the family name is first but it isn't always strictly followed, some, foreign savvy, people will follow the foreign format.
It depends on how well you know them, if you know them well use the forename. If you don't know them just follow how they signed the email.
Don't stress about it, they probably won't even read the email response...
What made you think I was a fella?
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Call it male intuition... women don't usually refer to themselves as your username does.ផោមក្លិនស្អុយ wrote:He?Miguelito wrote:But like he said above, don't stress about it too much, unless it's to a Minister. And then just address it "Your Excellency".ផោមក្លិនស្អុយ wrote:If you know the gender just do a generic dear sir or dear madam.trainsandcups wrote:Brace yourself for an insanely noobish question . I just received my first email from a Cambodian and looking at the name in the signature I'm not sure how to address my response. From googling it looks like the Cambodian naming convention is family name then given name. Is this correct? Do I still address my email to the given name?
Normally the family name is first but it isn't always strictly followed, some, foreign savvy, people will follow the foreign format.
It depends on how well you know them, if you know them well use the forename. If you don't know them just follow how they signed the email.
Don't stress about it, they probably won't even read the email response...
What made you think I was a fella?
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Astounding work Sherlock.Miguelito wrote:Call it male intuition... women don't usually refer to themselves as your username does.ផោមក្លិនស្អុយ wrote:He?Miguelito wrote:But like he said above, don't stress about it too much, unless it's to a Minister. And then just address it "Your Excellency".ផោមក្លិនស្អុយ wrote:If you know the gender just do a generic dear sir or dear madam.trainsandcups wrote:Brace yourself for an insanely noobish question . I just received my first email from a Cambodian and looking at the name in the signature I'm not sure how to address my response. From googling it looks like the Cambodian naming convention is family name then given name. Is this correct? Do I still address my email to the given name?
Normally the family name is first but it isn't always strictly followed, some, foreign savvy, people will follow the foreign format.
It depends on how well you know them, if you know them well use the forename. If you don't know them just follow how they signed the email.
Don't stress about it, they probably won't even read the email response...
What made you think I was a fella?
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