1. Congrats dear E-Colleagues, Happy Holidays and a 2013 with
3 H’s:
Health,
Hope and
Happiness!
H
Our Flowers Growing and Blooming during Weeks 1, 2& 3
(November-December 2012)
You will find some excellent examples for e-language we have used, and how it
positively affects on-line conversations
This is a list of our own contributions/flowers!
Can you find any other categories I found or thought about?
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My categories (Renate’s) with your wonderful examples:
GREETINGS/OPENINGS
• A very warm hello to all of our group who have already posted!
• Dear @ll,
• Dear all,
• Dear E-Peers,

2. • Good evening e-colleagues,
• Good evening, everyone,
• Hello again!
• Hello All,
• Hello’X’ and other peers,
• Hello there,
• Hi all,
• Hi everybody,
• Hi everyone,
• HI Stage 3 team,
• Hope everyone had a great weekend, however you decided to spend it,
and that you have had a happy Monday!
• OK, thanks all!
• That's a very good question.
• Well, I think,
• You are welcome ‘X’,
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; THANKS; ENCOURAGEMENT; SIMILARITIES
• Great idea - very generative - had not thought of doing it for this purpose!
• I like yours though!
• Indeed, I do enjoy the e-learner side, as I feel that I have come across a
lot of eye openers and have the opportunity to share my views with very
talented peers.
• Many thanks to all!
• OK, thanks all!
• On behalf of the whole team, thank you very much,
• Perfect :o) !
• Right!
• Thank you for your help.
• Thank you for your insight.
• Thank you for your response and viewpoint on this matter; I would like to
respond as well.
• Thank you in advance,
• Thank you very much for this positive feedback.
• Thanks for summing this up in such an innovative way.
• Thanks a lot, for this thought :-)
• Thanks for the feedback, guys!
• Thanks for the given support and guidance.
• Thanks for the interesting statistics (90-9-1)
• Thanks for the link! Interesting reading.
• Thanks for your comments and interest.
• Thanks for your comparison.
• Thanks for your question.
• Thanks in advance for your reply.
• Thanks to you, John, and to everyone because you have probably have

3. no idea how much I have been receiving from everyone!
• Thanks very much for this reassurance,
• Thanks very much indeed
• Thanks, again,
• This is a great alternative to the eternal Topic Forum Summary
• This is great,
• Very enriching discussion...
• Well done
• Well done to all.
• Well said! I agree.
• You are not alone, I have the same problem.
• You must be superhuman :-)
• Your contribution is very complete and accurate, congrats!
KEEPING/ENCOURAGING E-CONVERSATION
• Any more ideas?
• Are there any possible disadvantages to this, I wonder?
What do others think?
• Do you think I should be firmer?
• Feedback is more than welcome,
• Great contribution, I have a question about the following:
• Hope you find something useful in it!
• I'd love to hear what you think so we might be able to make a collective
decision.
• I look forward to reading your (and our peers`) comments,
• I read your contribution and I agree with most observations.
• I will comment away a bit later on!
• I will write some ideas for you, with all the attention your work deserves,
and get back to you tomorrow!
• I wonder...what do people think about commenting on the rest of our
colleagues' assignments?
• I'd be really interested in reading about other people's experience and
ideas on these two points,
• I really enjoyed reading all the posts this week so far,
• Let me know your thoughts on mine:)
• Looking forward to more,
• Perhaps our e-peers can share their experience with us. ;-)
• Please let me know what you think about the ideas I am sharing with
you. Thanks in advance and e-see you later,
• Thanks again, and believe me, I'm never tired to read your posts.
• Thanks for your question.
• This is one idea .... but I am sure that you will come up with many others.
Thanks for this in advance.
• Thank you :-) and Talk soon
• We look forward to reading your comments and suggestions.

4. • Well, these are my points of view, and all your comments are welcomed.
• What disadvantage do you have in mind? I know you do, so please
speak up!
• What do others think about this issue?
• What do you think?
• Yes, isn't it interesting how everyone had quite a different approach?
• Your ideas are great; could you mention a bit more specifically which
exact areas are linked to certain roles?
QUERIES/REQUEST FOR HELP
• Any chance you know how we assess each other's work.
• Any help?
• Can anyone help me with this?
• I look forward to hearing more of my e-mates experiences with materials!
EXPLANATIONS
• You can click on the link I have provided and access it online.
SUGGESTIONS
• So I suggest that ‘X’ and ‘Y’ work together in the peer assessment task.
Hope this is fine with you!
APOLOGISING
• Apologies for a rather long post,
• Now that I look back at my first draft, oh dear… it’s so poor!
• Sorry about that!
FAREWELLS/CLOSINGS
• All the best,
• Animo to all!
• As always,
• As always, thanks a lot for sharing your ideas and experience,
• As ever,
• Be happy!
• Best,
• Best as always,
• Best regards,
• Best to all, and thanks to all
• Bye for now,
• Cheers,
• Enjoy your baby this afternoon,
• Enjoy your weekend,
• Enjoy!
• Have a great day,
• Have a great weekend,

5. • Have a nice evening, as well,
• Have an excellent wee
• Hope all well with everyone!
• Hope to discuss this further, and thanks for bringing this up!
• Hope you’re enjoying the course as much as me!!!!
• I look forward to your response!
• Kind regards,
• Looking forward to more,
• Looking forward to more, if you have time,
• Nite!
• Reading with continued interest!
• Regards
• Saludos,
• Sleep tight,
• Sleep well!
• Speak to you all on Monday I hope!
• Stay bright,
• Take care,
• Talk again soon!
• Thank you for bringing it up.
• Thank you for your responses in advance,
• Thank you in advance,
• Thank you :-) and Talk soon
• Thanks again and enjoy Mérida
• Thanks again!
• Thanks and hope to see you tomorrow!
• The journey is often more interesting than the destination, they say... As
always
• Un abrazo from Mexico City,
• Wishing everyone well, as always
• Your friendly online tutor