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From: barryg@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Barry Gold)
Newsgroups: net.nlang,net.women
Subject: Re: Gender-specific honorifics
Message-ID: <1730@sdcrdcf.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 30-Jan-85 22:45:12 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan 30 22:45:12 1985
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Reply-To: barryg@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Barry Gold)
Organization: System Development Corp. R+D, Santa Monica
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Summary: 

I got one netter's intesting suggestin that the all purpose honorific should
be Mx.  (I think it's nice to use the algebraic "x" for unknown.  Very
elegant.)

Then my husband Barry suggested it would be more in keeping with the spirit
of UNIX to write it as M*.

(And besides that way there's less chance of fallout from missile makers.)

--Lee Gold