[Ads-l] unisex "Sir"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Supergirl, of course, takes place now, rather than in a sci-fi future.

So I suspect the usage is more widespread.

JL

On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 10:19 PM, W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Strange how we still pass out Master's degrees to the ladies. Something
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