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OT Use of the terms 'DH' and 'DD' MMH 07-26-2006
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Posted by MMH on July 26, 2006, 6:59 am
I have never encountered the usage of 'DH' and 'DD' until I came to Usenet.
I've interpreted them to mean 'Dear Husband' and 'Dear Daughter'. Is this
usage regional? I seem to get the impression it may be used mainly in the
South, but I may be wrong. It also seems to be confined to women - I've
never seen a husband refer to his wife as DW, nor have I seen it used with
sons.

For the first time, Google yielded nothing when I did a search on this.
Thanks for any background on the use of these terms.






Posted by Viviane on July 26, 2006, 7:39 am
They're used in Australia along with abbreviations for other family members.

>I have never encountered the usage of 'DH' and 'DD' until I came to Usenet.
> I've interpreted them to mean 'Dear Husband' and 'Dear Daughter'. Is this
> usage regional? I seem to get the impression it may be used mainly in the
> South, but I may be wrong. It also seems to be confined to women - I've
> never seen a husband refer to his wife as DW, nor have I seen it used with
> sons.
>
> For the first time, Google yielded nothing when I did a search on this.
> Thanks for any background on the use of these terms.
>
>
>
>
>



Posted by Kate Dicey on July 26, 2006, 8:12 am
Viviane wrote:

> They're used in Australia along with abbreviations for other family members.

And here in the UK! :)

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Posted by klh in VA on July 26, 2006, 8:17 am
I beg your pardon.
If you search my eposts, you'll for sure find references to DW (my
Swedeheart).
[alt.sewing, yarn, or quilting]

klh in VA

MMH wrote:

>I have never encountered the usage of 'DH' and 'DD' until I came to Usenet.
>I've interpreted them to mean 'Dear Husband' and 'Dear Daughter'. Is this
>usage regional? I seem to get the impression it may be used mainly in the
>South, but I may be wrong. It also seems to be confined to women - I've
>never seen a husband refer to his wife as DW, nor have I seen it used with
>sons.
>
>For the first time, Google yielded nothing when I did a search on this.
>Thanks for any background on the use of these terms.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

Posted by MMH on July 26, 2006, 9:27 am

> I beg your pardon.
> If you search my eposts, you'll for sure find references to DW (my
> Swedeheart).
> [alt.sewing, yarn, or quilting]
>
> klh in VA
>

I'm glad to hear wives are not excluded from this charming custom! From its
apparent widespread use, I'm going to conclude (for the time being) that it
probably originated in Britain and exported to English speaking countries
(with some obvious gaps :-] )



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