Mark Fisher

The most powerful love songs always turn on the discrepancy between the act of declaring love and the knowledge that the ostensible addressee is no longer there, was never there, and could never be there.

British Writer

Edward Hirsch

The idea of a poem as a message in a bottle means that it's sent out towards some future reader, and the reader who opens that bottle becomes the addressee of the literary text.

American Poet

Amity Gaige

I love writing letters. In order to write a novel in first person, I think I needed an addressee.

American Novelist

Addressee often refers to physical mail recipients.

Physical Addresses

Correct details are crucial for the addressee to receive items.

Attention to Detail

The addressee is the recipient, not the one sending the item.

Not the Sender

Addressee implies a specific person targeted in communication.

Communication Context

In communication, the addressee must be clear for effective understanding.

Conversational Clarity

Can indicate distance or formality between the communicator and addressee.

Impersonal Use

 to show that the addressee is that much more important, much like the royal "we." And a few languages even have a specific form for addressing exactly two people, like Slovenian "vidva." If that wasn't complicated enough,