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I'd suggest using a voiceless velar fricative as in Scottish loch or German Bach. But then, we don't actually pronounce Mr. or Mrs. that way, it's just shorthan
by panglott 11y ago
I'd suggest using a voiceless velar fricative as in Scottish loch or German Bach. But then, we don't actually pronounce Mr. or Mrs. that way, it's just shorthand for "mister" or "missus".
The article links here tho: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/07/style/me-myself-and-mx.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/07/style/me-myself-and-mx.htm...
"Next up may be Mx. (pronounced mix), a gender-neutral alternative to Ms. and Mr. ...Justin Vivian Bond, a singer, songwriter and performance artist, began to use Mx. in self-reference in 2011. 'It sounded like an obvious description of what I was: a mix of genders,' the artist said."
There is of course no real ambiguity when you say "I met mix Sam at the shop, and we picked up some pancake mix."
- mesozoic 11y agoI went by the store to greet miss Molly and mix Daisy before we went to the mixer and got the pancake mix door prizes.
- panglott 11y agoThere's no ambiguity there either, except in the "greet miss molly and mix daisy", which is a garden path if you interpret daisy as someone to be mixed. Of course, that's no different with "greet mix daisy and miss molly", where you could misinterpret molly as someone to be missed. But then Mx. is no worse than Miss.