RE: Gender neutral - any new developments in your neck of the woo ds?

[Kim Roper <kim -dot- roper -at- pixelink -dot- com>]

Kirsten Zerbinis wrote:

> She didn't win that battle, but I still feel weird about the 
> concession 
> that her 80-year-old, spinster aunt be referred to as Ms. Spinster 
> Aunt.  New England, remember, and 80.  I can't imagine she 
> expected any 
> form of address except for "Miss".

Perhaps she prefers Ms for the same reason that an 80-year-old bachelor
uncle is be unlikely to be called "Master"?

(Unless, of course, it's a lifestyle thing.)

The straightforward solution is to become a doctor or minister.  I hear
there are places that will sell such accreditations for a nominal fee (I'm
not naming any names ...).  Legitimacy is a whole 'nuther issue, though, and
that takes us 'round to the "REAL Tech Writer" debate.

By the way, a surname change is not automatic upon marriage in Ontario or
Quebec.

Cheers ... Ms Kim
kim.roper at pixelink.com
http://www.pixelink.com/

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