Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI <[email protected]> writes: > On Fri, 10 Jul 2015 11:15:17 -0400 > The Wanderer <[email protected]> wrote: > >> If you substitute in "madams" for "mesdames" (since, AFAIK, "mesdames" >> is just the French equivalent of the same word), it makes more sense. > > remember that "madam" is usually apposite for the manageress of a brothel...
Depends on context. "Dear Sirs/Madams:" no more implies that the women are brothel managers than it does the men are knights. The funny thing to me is what caused this whole mini-tempest in a micro-teapot was an attempt to be polite. I can't remember when I last used a salutation on usenet, if I ever have. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
