“分手信”为什么叫Dear John letter
确切的起源还真不可考证,但人们普遍认为这个词由美国人缔造于二战时期.当时大量的美军部队被派往海外,短则数月,长则多年.光阴流转,军嫂们或者在家的女朋友不愿再独守空闺,盼着良人归来,决定开始一段全新的感情.As letters to servicemen from wives or girlfriends back home would typically contain affectionate language (such as "Dear Johnny","My dearest John",or simply "Darling"),a serviceman receiving a note beginning with a curt "Dear John" would instantly be aware of the letter's purpose.而这些服役军人们的妻子女友通常都是以充满爱意的称谓,比方“亲爱的强尼”、“我最亲爱的约翰”或者“达令”,开始她们残酷的分手信,军人们收到这样子生硬开头的信件,往往都有所警觉：是不是要分手了?A writer in the Democrat and Chronicle of Rochester,NY,summed it up in August 1945:1945年八月,一位作家总结道："Dear John," the letter began."I have found someone else whom I think the world of.I think the only way out is for us to get a divorce," it said.They usually began like that,those letters that told of infidelity on the part of the wives of servicemen...The men called them "Dear Johns".“亲爱的约翰,”信是这么开头的,“我找到了另一个人,我愿意与他共度一生.唯一的解决方案就是,咱俩离婚吧.”这类信通常都是这么写的,这些军嫂们婉转坦白自己背叛的信件.而那些被一脚踢开的男人们,称自己为“亲爱的约翰们.”
