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Because I am from Northern Ireland, I use the word love on a regular basis when addressing people I know or even to complete strangers.
At the grocer, to the cashier... "Thanks, love." At home, “Hello love, have a good day?”
It's a bit like people who say "dear" to everyone.
My question is two-fold:
1) Shouldn't the word be spelled love and not luv?
2) I read in a recent crit...“Hello luv, what’s Alice doing?” and the critic wrote this... Luv is a direct address and needs to be capitalized. Is this correct? Isn't it like "Hello dear, how is Alice doing?" You wouldn't cap the Dear would you?
At the grocer, to the cashier... "Thanks, love." At home, “Hello love, have a good day?”
It's a bit like people who say "dear" to everyone.
My question is two-fold:
1) Shouldn't the word be spelled love and not luv?
2) I read in a recent crit...“Hello luv, what’s Alice doing?” and the critic wrote this... Luv is a direct address and needs to be capitalized. Is this correct? Isn't it like "Hello dear, how is Alice doing?" You wouldn't cap the Dear would you?