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Date: | Wed, 30 Oct 1996 11:31:56 -0500 |
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On Wed, 30 Oct 1996, Charlotte Douglas wrote:
> <<I think that using "Gentlemen" as a salutation is harmless, and
> suggest that anyone who gets really uptight about it should look inward
> rather than outward for the source of distress>>
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> Perhaps you would understand if all your correspondence were suddenly
> addressed "Ladies:"
Because I am not a corporation or other institution, the only people
who address me other than individually are junk mailers who either address
me as Occupant or using my whole name. I don't care how junk mailers
address me. Strangers know my sex from my name.
As I explained in the whole, brief text of my posting, which you
chose to excerpt misleadingly, I address unknown recipients as "Dear
Gentlepersons," which sounds silly but is intended not to offend.
Your reply plain *was* designed to offend. Apparently I was in error
when I assumed that members of a professional museum group would be either
gentlemen or gentlewomen.
Hank Burchard * <[log in to unmask]> * Washington DC | USA
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