Again I will pose the same question here as in another forum when I got this response... If you go to a restaurant and your waiter/waitress doesn't know your name how do you want them to address you when they say something like... How may I help you? Is there anything else I can get for you? Thank you... what? Lady, Ma'am... the chick in the blue dress? Many employers require that staff address you as Ma'am or Sir. Now on that note... I see you've left your purse behind and I'm trying to get your attention before you waltz out the door without it. There are 5 men nearby. How shall I address you to get your attn? Hey lady...you forget your purse! Hey! You forgot your purse. It doesn't work too well at getting attn because there's nothing specific that tells you oh, I think they're talking to me. and then you're gone.
Lots of challenges whose rat holes would end no where. But since a man can don a dress and become a woman, this is a minor issue.
What about business letters? No formal salutation? And what about women who want to be addressed as Miss or Missus? Do they not have a choice? I guess they get repressed by those who are there to free them...just not in ways they want to be free.
Hey bitch, you left your purse behind.... problem solved. Well until the Mister decks your happy butt to the floor. I tried the Ms. thing with an Aunt of mine years ago. She all but crucified me for addressing her that way. I never spoke to her again after that. Call by the name when you know it, lady and sir is well enough to me.
@John Brunner I know you mean it facetiously; that is, humorously. Many reading your post will take it another way; I of course do not. We are getting TV commercials promoting a drug employing two obviously male actors who use this new drug, have HIV, happily convey their married status, and end the scene hugging and kissing. Why stop there nowadays? Does the state of marriage remove the RISK of HIV? Does the new drug make such activity likely to negate the effects of HIV? Using such propaganda to promote same-sex marriage is blatantly wrong. To me, it is disgusting. Frank
As of now, that You Tube video has 23,881 comments. The ones I read are epic! And in other countries, objects DO have a gender. idiot.
Yeah, in Greek and Spanish one has to be particular about the use of masculine and feminine pronouns when dealing with many objects. In this country though, ships, boats, aircraft, cars, and quite a few other things are designated as a “She”. Grammatically, it might be incorrect but it’s still recognized as being the standard. On the disturbing side, our Ford pickup self identifies as a Mack so I kinda respect that and call the truck Sir.
I meant to mention it in my last post but did you notice how many dislikes the video had? It’s satire and good satire at that!
Some commenters mentioned the number of dislikes but I did not see them. Probably the Sort Order I have applied. edit to add: Never mind. 13,000 Dislikes. But it's the same issue as we have with Likes...are they Disliking the satire or are they expressing their disapproval of the propaganda the video lampoons?
True, I did think of that but then I also thought about the number of uh, confused individuals who want to be called zi, za, di, da, doe, dum or whatever and somehow found the video to be less than enlightening. Here, we’re having trouble with ma’am and sir and the rest of the country are fast forwarding to zi which leaves us way behind.