On Mon, 17 Jan 2000, Mary Wood wrote:
> The way I've always seen it, this query serves 2 purposes;
> 1) to determine how mail, etc., should be addressed
This was a British company and the Brits are more title-oriented than
Americans. In fairness to them, they've corrected the page and did so when
it was pointed out to them.
> 2) to determine gender.
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