Gender neutral ‘Mx’ ‘to be added’ to Oxford English Dictionary

[Jazzy]

The gender neutral honorific ‘Mx’ may join Mr, Mrs, Ms and Miss in the Oxford English Dictionary.

Jonathan Dent, assistant editor of the OED, told the Sunday Times that the term – which will be used to represent transgender people and those who do not wish to identify their gender – will be the first new honorific to be accepted to the current set of gender identifiers.

The Oxford English Dictionary decides which new words to add each year depending on the popularity of their usage.

Mx was first used on Brighton and Hove council forms two years ago following a vote. Banks including the Royal Bank of Scotland adopted the honorific a year ago while Royal Mail has also said that it has received requests to allow the term to be used on forms.

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Thoughts?

 

[Evil Eye]

If you're not going to force people to choose, why bother with the honorific at all?

 

[DrLeftover]

The "MX" was originally something very different:

video:
http://fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/icbm/pk_lnch.avi

page
http://fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/icbm/lgm-118.htm