[General] 'x' at the end of emails

[nyota]

A question to native speakers in particular. How do you understand 'x' following one's name at the end of informal emails?

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Peter x

Is it just something you might want to do when writing to a friend? Or perhaps it has a more flirtatious undertone?

 

[5jj]

X = kiss.

It is normally affectionate, not flirtatious.

 

[nyota]

Ok, so not something one would want to be reading into?

 

[5jj]

Ok, so not something one would want to be reading into?

Not normally.

If your boss, who is normally very staid, sends a reprimand to you with 'X' and an invitation to meet to discuss the problem in private, then you might start worrying.

 

[nyota]

Fair enough.

 

[Tdol]

I wouldn't use it much with friends. I use it with my family, though.