Periods after abbreviations

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

On Jun 29, 2004, at 6:40 AM, paulzjoh wrote:

> :
> Jesse did not clarify why he thinks that "Ms" should
> not have a period.
>
> I thought it was a humorous comment on militant feminism,  it never
> occurred
> to me that it was meant to be serious.

what would having a period, or not, have to do with militant feminism?

arnold (zwicky at csli.stanford.edu)