• @CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world
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      335 months ago

      Yes, but they are winning against the WOKEMINDVIRUS, which was obviously having so much impact on their personal lives…

      • @AbidanYre@lemmy.world
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        5 months ago

        But now they’ve been saved from the scourge of, umm, people who put pronouns in their email signature.

        • @tburkhol@lemmy.world
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          45 months ago

          Next they’ll come for Mr. Ms. and Mrs.

          You know, I just noticed: there’s no “r” in missus, so abbreviating it “Mrs” doesn’t really make sense. Maybe it’s supposed to be a possessive, like Mr’s, rather than an actual gender signifier.

          • Billiam
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            35 months ago

            The abbreviations Mr. and Mrs. derive from master and mistress, respectively. Over time we’ve kinda lazily shortened the pronunciation from mistress to missus but kept the abbreviation.