Now pick Mr, Mrs, Miss, Ms . . . or Mx for no specific gender
Source: thesundaytimes.co.uk
For the first time in decades there is a new title to join Mr, Mrs, Miss and Ms: the gender-neutral "Mx" as an honorific for transgender people and anyone else who does not identify with a particular gender.
Government departments, councils, high street banks, some universities, Royal Mail and driving licences all now accept Mx.
Over the past two years the title has been quietly added to official forms and databases and is now being considered for inclusion in the next edition of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED).
Jonathan Dent, assistant editor on the OED, said it was the first addition to the accepted stable of honorifics in recent history and demonstrated how the English language is evolving to accommodate an ever–changing society.
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