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From: madrid@auvax
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Miss/Mrs/Ms
Message-ID: <278@auvax.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 23-Sep-83 19:54:46 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 23 19:54:46 1983
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Why don't we get really descriptive, then.  What about a form of address
that would indicate marital status, parental status, sexual orientation
(if any), tax bracket, type of toothpaste preferred ....

As I see it, the only use to forms of address is to indicate to the
listener that we are being polite.  Perhaps, in the best of all
possible worlds, a "you, to-whom-I-am-being-polite" would serve.

                                          R.
                                          !alberta!auvax!madrid