so the thing for me about mx as a title abbreviation thing is like

if I'm not thinking of motocross, I'm thinking of prescription medication

not saying "don't use it" or anything but it definitely makes me read people's terms of address kiiiind of weirdly πŸ˜…

@Daily Like, we don't say "mrr" for Mr. we say Mister because Mr. is short for Mister

Is Mx. *actually* short for anything?

@InspectorCaracal I don't... think so? Wikipedia says it's "usually pronounced "miks" or "muks," which doesn't sound right.

@Daily @InspectorCaracal those are my problems with it - even though I use the title Mx, there's no pretty way to pronounce it, and every time I see it I think of *things that aren't titles*

@lizardsquid @InspectorCaracal I think I saw someone say it was short for "mixter" once, but that's a whole different kettle of problematic fish.

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