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From: barryg@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Barry Gold)
Newsgroups: net.nlang,net.women
Subject: Re: "Lei" (literally) she = you in Italian
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Date: Mon, 21-Jan-85 08:24:39 EST
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Reply-To: barryg@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Barry & Lee Gold)
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Summary: 

Thanks for the information on Italian culture.
Here's some for you in return.
I am not "Mr. Gold."  I am "Mrs. Gold."
Even if you're feeling like being formally snide, it might be wise
not to insist on using gender-based honorifics if you're not SURE of
the gender of your opponent.

My opinions of Italian culture have been less influenced by news articles
about the country's laws and/or politics than by movies/books which seem
to show how social interactions worked.  Admittedly I'm hopelessly out of
date.  The last such data I've got is stuff like the Don Camillo books
and "Marriage, Italian Style."

--Lee Gold