Joe Pfeiffer wrote:
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.
Or, as is very common in political settings:
"Madam Chairperson"
or, oddly,
"Madam Chairman"
Miles
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