[Ads-l] "Mx."

[Rowan McMullin]

"Mix"

On Wed, Jul 3, 2019, 9:43 AM Mark Mandel <markamandel at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Which directly raises a question of mine: How is it pronounced? In writing
> that question is circumvented, but this explicitly places it in
> conversational speech.
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> Mark Mandel
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> On Wed, Jul 3, 2019, 10:38 AM Cohen, Gerald Leonard <gcohen at mst.edu>
> wrote:
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> > Urban Dictionary says:
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> > "Mx. The title of a person who is neither female nor male (or
> > not strictly either). Like Mr. and Ms. but for gender variants.
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> >    'Mx. Walker is my teacher for science.  They're really cool!'"
> >
> > G. Cohen
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> > James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at NETSCAPE.COM>
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 3, 2019 9:24 AM
> > To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> > Subject: "Mx."
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> > In an on-line solicitation to send an email to NJ Governor Murphy about
> > ending solitary confinement, there was an entry for Salutation which
> > offered the following options:
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> > Mr.
> > Mrs.
> > Ms   (note, no period)
> > Miss
> > Dr.
> > Mx.  (note the period)
> >
> > "Mx." is a new one on me.  I guess it has something to do with sexual
> > orientation.  Is it common/nonce/being widely advocated or what?
> >
> > And if you have a doctorate, are you above showing your sexual
> orientation?
> >
> > - Jim Landau (who is fuddy-duddy enough to stick with "Mr.")
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