Re: punctuated abbreviations // was english spelling reform

Tim May writes:
 > Padraic Brown writes:
 >  > --- Tim May <butsuri@...> wrote:
 >  >
 >  > > What do you mean, turn it around on them?  That's
 >  > > part of its intended use.
 >  >
 >  > I use /mIz/ for everyone. [Unless I know that the
 >  > person in question uses Ms for PC reasons. Then she
 >  > gets a Mrs. in writing, or a clear /mIsEs/ in speech.]
 >  >
 >
 > Why?  Deliberately disregarding someones chosen mode of address - in
 > such a way as to violate the consistancy of you own behaviour -
 > strikes me as singularly discourteous.
 >

I'd like to apologize for that last sentence, which on reflection is
not conducive to objective argument.  But if Padraic's policy is, as I
understand it to be, to use "Ms" for everyone except those who
prefer to be called "Ms", then I find this policy extremely odd.

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