• BottleOfAlkahest@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    To be fair Mrs. (And to a lesser extent Mr.) Don’t have an obvious pronunciation from the spelling either. You’ve just been hearing them said out loud for most of your life.

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      1 year ago

      Fair, but they are also shorthand for words: Mister, Miss, Missus. All of which are pronounced as you’d expect.

      Is Mx short for something? I’ve not heard so but that doesn’t mean it isn’t.