In reply to Tom J Nowell.

But, Tom, the assertion that "master" is actually an irredeemable and approving reference to race-based slavery as practised in 19th-century America is not a step forward in inclusiveness. Not least because that assertion as a matter of how languages function is simply wrong, it's divisive and polarising. Have you read, for example, Olu A's comment that he actually finds it far more offensive to be patronised in this way?