On the flip side of that, I was living in Munich many years ago and got a letter for a referendum on some local issue. What struck me was that: 1. They'd been

On the flip side of that, I was living in Munich many years ago and got a letter for a referendum on some local issue. What struck me was that: 1. They'd been organized enough to translate it into English for me (which shouldn't have been surprising, because Germans), and 2. It started with "Dear male voter, dear female voter", which I found hilarious. There's a lot to be said for gender-neutral language.