[Ads-l] "Mx."

[Barretts Mail]

Wiktionary (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Mx <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Mx>) says it first appears in print in 1977. 

The OED gives 16 Apr 1977 as the first appearance.

Benjamin Barrett (he/him/his)
Formerly of Seattle, WA

> On 3 Jul 2019, at 07:28, Nancy Friedman <wordworking at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> The New York Times published a feature about "Mx." in June 2015, and has
> been using the gender-nonspecific honorific occasionally ever since.
> 
> https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/07/style/me-myself-and-mx.html?searchResultPosition=9
> 
> 
> 
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> On Wed, Jul 3, 2019 at 7:24 AM James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> 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:
>> 
>> 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?


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