Greetings!

Here in Thailand we have the wai, a very charming way to greet. But for foreigners it can be very complex to figure out when, how and whom to wai. After many years I still make mistakes. Should I, should I not? How high should my hands go? You all have to decide it in a split second.

Now you wonder how this relates to emails? English is an easy language to learn, they say. True. But the English sign off in email is even more difficult to learn than a wai, for us, non-native speakers.

I am Dutch and today a Thai friend called to ask how to end his emails. Should it be "Thanks", or "Best" or "Cheers" or "Sincerely" etc. It is worse than figuring out how high your hands should go. I could only tell him I usually use what the person on the other side uses.

What do you usually do?

Sincerely best thanks! :-)