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When I learnt French in the 1980s, we were taught to close letters with "je vous prie d'accepter l'expression de mes sentiments les plus distingués."
by dash2 5y ago
When I learnt French in the 1980s, we were taught to close letters with "je vous prie d'accepter l'expression de mes sentiments les plus distingués."
- pm3003 5y agoWith the dozens of variations depending on context, position of the writer and recipients, if you know them personally, etc. Canadian comedian François Pérusse has a good sketch about those, called Veuillez agréer. I still use them on formal written and printed letters, mostly with contractual stuff, government services. Maybe once or twice a year.