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From: jeanette@randvax.UUCP (Jeanette Haritan)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: Letter Salutations
Message-ID: <163@randvax.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 26-Mar-86 13:15:03 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 26 13:15:03 1986
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Reply-To: jeanette@rand-unix.UUCP (Jeanette Haritan)
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>I usually use "J.  Smith" or "Sir/Madam".  I predict that in the relatively
>near future, the title "Sir" will be considered neuter, like "Master".  (A
>previous posting noted that "Mistress of Arts" is a forgotten degree.)
>
>Or possibly, following the contraction of "Miss/Mrs." into "Ms.", there will
>a contraction of "Mr./Ms." into "M." or something.  ("M." is a bad choice
>because it looks like an initial, and conflicts with the French title;
>"Comrade" is a nice neutral word but will never be accepted in the USA.)

I believe the above choices are the only proper ways.  What is inappropriate
(as a *self-proclaimed* expert  8*} ) is "Dear Gentlemen".  I'M NOT A
GENTLEMAN...geeze!  Also inappropriate is "To Whom it May Concern".

Another good choice is "Hey You"  8*} .
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