[geeks] Ms., Mrs., or other?

David Cantrell david at cantrell.org.uk
Mon May 20 16:57:50 CDT 2002


On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 05:04:56PM -0400, Joshua D Boyd wrote:
> When writing a letter to a woman, whose marital status you are not familiar
> with, are you supposed to default to:
> Miss. Woman
> Ms. Woman
> Mrs. Woman

Dear $firstname works just fine :-)

I detest Ms, it's made-up politically-correct crap.

-- 
David Cantrell | david at cantrell.org.uk | http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david

  With ... the fact that Linux has become so easy to install that
  certain species of bacteria are now being hired by MIS departments,
  what was once the domain of rigorously trained, highly specialized
  professionals has devolved into the Dark Land of the Monkeys.
     -- Greg Knauss



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