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To: 9YearLurker
I think that “Ms.” bit is part of the Times’s regular style manual.

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I'm sure it is, and it ticks me off. It's politically correct leftist crap. In leftspeak, a woman is not "defined" by whether or not she is married, so the title cannot refer to her marital status.

Kind of like how they use BCE instead of BC: liberals trying to expunge Christ from history.

87 posted on 01/11/2010 2:10:27 PM PST by stillonaroll (Nominate a non-RINO in 2012!)
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To: stillonaroll

Yeah? I’m actually not bothered by it. Seems like a safe, neutral title if marital status is not known or relevant, though of course if known and preferred, Miss or Mrs. would be in order. (I know the Times will use ‘Dr.’ for PhD recipients if requested, so I imagine they would use either Mrs. or Gov. if she so requested.)


90 posted on 01/11/2010 2:25:48 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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