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From: ok@quintus.uucp (Richard A. O'Keefe)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: sexist language
Message-ID: <712@quintus.UUCP>
Date: 19 Nov 88 08:42:42 GMT
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In article <410@mccc.UUCP> pjh@mccc.UUCP (Pete Holsberg) writes:
>But then why has the parallel practice - Master/Mister - died?

As I recall it, the Master/Mister practice was _not_ parallel to
the Mistress (Mrs) / Mistress (Miss) practice;  it marked age
rather than marital status.  Call me Master, call me Mister, just
don't call me Maitreya.

As this really has very little to do with comp.unix.wizards, I have
directed followups to talk.bizarre.