[Ads-l] "Mx."

[Mark Mandel]

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.

Mark Mandel


On Wed, Jul 3, 2019, 10:38 AM Cohen, Gerald Leonard <gcohen at mst.edu> wrote:

> Urban Dictionary says:
>
> "Mx. The title of a person who is neither female nor male (or
> not strictly either). Like Mr. and Ms. but for gender variants.
>
>    'Mx. Walker is my teacher for science.  They're really cool!'"
>
> G. Cohen
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> on behalf of
> James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at NETSCAPE.COM>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 3, 2019 9:24 AM
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> Subject: "Mx."
>
>
> 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?
>
> - Jim Landau (who is fuddy-duddy enough to stick with "Mr.")
>
>

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