[lg policy] Adieu to "Mademoiselle"?

[Francis Hult]

New Yorker
 
Adieu to "Mademoiselle"?
 
The Germans ditched "fraulein" in 1972. The same year, the first issue of Ms. was published, and the U.S. Government Printing Office approved the use of "Ms." in official documents. Now, as of January 1, 2012, "mademoiselle"-the French word denoting an unmarried woman-has been prohibited by the Breton municipality of Cesson-Sévigné. "It just seemed like a natural step for us," Michel Bihan, the town's mayor, who was elected in 2008 on a platform of gender equality, told the BBC.
 
Full story:
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/lauren-collins/2012/02/adieu-to-mademoiselle.html?mbid=gnep&google_editors_picks=true
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