Re: punctuated abbreviations // was english spelling reform

Padraic Brown writes:
 > --- Tim May <butsuri@...> wrote:
 >
 > > I'm sure someone has seriously proposed married and
 > > unmarried male
 > > forms -
 >
 > Probably. I've never heard of one, though.
 >
 > > It's not as if there's anyone
 > > preventing you from
 > > using new word,
 >
 > Of course not. I use the "new" word, Ms., for married
 > women as well as unknowns. That is, I take the PC term
 > and turn it around on them.
 >
What do you mean, turn it around on them?  That's part of its intended
use.

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