Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!houti!hogpc!houxm!ihnp4!ixn5c!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uicsl!wombat From: wombat@uicsl.UUCP Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Mr., Ms., Miss, and Mrs. - (nf) Message-ID: <2275@uiucdcs.UUCP> Date: Sat, 18-Jun-83 22:49:53 EDT Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.2275 Posted: Sat Jun 18 22:49:53 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 23-Jun-83 23:46:25 EDT Lines: 11 #R:umcp-cs:-24400:uicsl:4300027:000:446 uicsl!wombat Jun 18 13:01:00 1983 I would rather see Miss and Mrs. die out. Makes it easier to eliminate discrimination based on marital status -- used to know someone who worked for an engineering company that would not hire unmarried women (in Florida). Then, maybe someday, we could combine Mr. and Ms. into something new -- Mt. Or get rid of the silly thing altogether. Isn't there some rule against Americans taking titles? Wombat :-) pur-ee!uiucdcs!uicsl!wombat