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Is 'Dear Sir' or 'Dear Madam' offensive now?

Terry Prone of the Communications Clinic talked to Ivan about the use of 'Dear Sir' or 'Dear Madam' on letters pages, after a local newspaper decided to drop the tradition after a female reader had branded it a 'ridiculous and offensive tradition'. Is this PC gone mad?

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17.16 21 Feb 2019


Is 'Dear Sir' or 'Dear Madam' offensive now?


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17.16 21 Feb 2019


Terry Prone of the Communications Clinic talked to Ivan about the use of 'Dear Sir' or 'Dear Madam' on letters pages, after a local newspaper decided to drop the tradition after a female reader had branded it a 'ridiculous and offensive tradition'.

Is this PC gone mad?


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