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In the UK the ''Məx'' option was the most popular one, compared to ''Mix'' in the US, when the results were filtered by country.<ref>https://twitter.com/gendercensus/status/1086715761874345984?s=09</ref> | In the UK the ''Məx'' option was the most popular one, compared to ''Mix'' in the US, when the results were filtered by country.<ref>https://twitter.com/gendercensus/status/1086715761874345984?s=09</ref> The UK was the most likely place to see Mx as an option on a form, even though this only happened under 37% of the time. The US was 6<sup>th</sup> most likely, and Germany - the first of the non-English speaking countries - was 7<sup>th</sup>.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
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|+Pronunciation popularity by language<ref>[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wBRd4RpSB0QmtGZd6M3qy4GP4XY_bkLjlnguJPZUVMs/edit#gid=973485179]</ref> | |||
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|Mix | |||
|Məx | |||
|I don't know | |||
|Spelling out M-X | |||
|Mux | |||
|Mex | |||
|Mixter | |||
|Mixture | |||
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|English | |||
|52.7% | |||
|18.2% | |||
|12.7% | |||
|5.5% | |||
|4.9% | |||
|3.5% | |||
|2.3% | |||
|0.2% | |||
|- | |||
|German | |||
|35.7% | |||
|18.8% | |||
|19.5% | |||
|12.3% | |||
|3.2% | |||
|8.4% | |||
|1.3% | |||
|0.6% | |||
|- | |||
|French | |||
|39.1% | |||
|7.8% | |||
|23.4% | |||
|17.2% | |||
|1.6% | |||
|10.9% | |||
|0.0% | |||
|0.0% | |||
|- | |||
|Spanish | |||
|43.8% | |||
|6.3% | |||
|21.9% | |||
|6.3% | |||
|0.0% | |||
|21.9% | |||
|0.0% | |||
|0.0% | |||
|- | |||
|Dutch | |||
|34.6% | |||
|19.2% | |||
|15.4% | |||
|11.5% | |||
|3.8% | |||
|11.5% | |||
|3.8% | |||
|0.0% | |||
|- | |||
|[Blank] | |||
|47.1% | |||
|17.6% | |||
|8.8% | |||
|17.6% | |||
|5.9% | |||
|2.9% | |||
|0.0% | |||
|0.0% | |||
|- | |||
|Swedish | |||
|30.8% | |||
|19.2% | |||
|23.1% | |||
|11.5% | |||
|0.0% | |||
|15.4% | |||
|0.0% | |||
|0.0% | |||
|- | |||
|Polish | |||
|33.3% | |||
|22.2% | |||
|18.5% | |||
|0.0% | |||
|14.8% | |||
|7.4% | |||
|0.0% | |||
|3.7% | |||
|- | |||
|Finnish | |||
|39.1% | |||
|13.0% | |||
|21.7% | |||
|13.0% | |||
|4.3% | |||
|0.0% | |||
|4.3% | |||
|4.3% | |||
|- | |||
|Russian | |||
|36.8% | |||
|21.1% | |||
|10.5% | |||
|21.1% | |||
|0.0% | |||
|5.3% | |||
|5.3% | |||
|0.0% | |||
|} | |||
Most people who use Mx as their title view it as a gender-inclusive title, however those who don't are more likely to view it as gender-exclusive (i.e. as a nonbinary only title).<ref name=":0" /> When the answers of this question were viewed as a nonbinary-binary split instead of an Mx-not Mx, the results are a lot more similar in numbers - but gender-inclusive is still the most popular answer, and there were binary people who used Mx as their title sometimes or all of the time. | |||
==Meaning== | ==Meaning== | ||