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"My pronoun is patriot" damned near made me grind my teeth to a degree that I could really do without--dental treatment is expensive. I changed my first name when I was a teenager because I thought it was plain and borning. Decades later my mother told me she'd named me after a friend who was the smartest, most interesting person she had ever known. That made me feel bad for a moment, but I still prefer my chosen name, Maitland. Yes, I get mail addressed to Mr. Maitland... " Don't care. I also do not care what pronouns other people prefer--I will go with what makes them comfortable. And that just boils down to old-school manners: Address people as they would like to be addressed. Not hard.

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