The So-called title of MS

What a relief! I saw the title and thought you had been stricken with MS. I also refuse to use Ms. Anybody. I'm still very large on respecting my wife, my daughters and the young ladies of this world. The problem is that the number and the perventage of young ladies is rapidly dwendling and the number or Uncouth Women is growing.

 

From a business perspective, I always use the standard title Ms. rather than Mrs. or Miss when corresponding with women. Their marital status is of no more importance in this matter than is a man's.

BTW, I too am very big on respecting my wife, my daughter and young (and older) ladies of this world.

 

Agree with Salty but we are old pharts stuck in our ways. I also sing the old words to the bastardized hymns.

But language does change over time. Olde English is almost unreadable. In 1611 "thee" and "thou" were informal, casual words but many people think they are "spiritual" words.

I just learned what St Paul actually wrote when describing homosexuals but I can't use those words on BB.

Whatshisname who made the new translation of Calvin's Institutes said in his study of the historical Latin documents he had to learn many new Latin words for the rear ends of animals.

 

Then, what can a man use to identify his marital status?

Cheers,

Jim

When I was a pastor, I simply tried to get first names and use them.

 

I thought the same thing.

 

I don't use the term Ms. to be politically correct, either. In my single world, I don't often recognize women in the dilineation that they are married or single, (i.e. women are women married or not...so what is the big fat hairy of Miss or Mrs. Besides, why is the recognition of being married or single so important?)

I am Miss, but don't like to use that because I am old and single, and people often have comments to make about that which aren't so pretty. I don't like the term Mrs. because this chick ain't married. Ms. works fine for me........

 

Call my Dear Wifey 'Ms', and you're likely to be corrected.

I'm so proud of her!:smilewinkgrin:

 

Then you'll really dislike me. I use Ms. and not only that, I use a different last name from my husband's.

I do it because I'm a crazy liberal who doesn't feel my identity lies in whether or not I'm married.

In fact, it cracks me up when he comes to my work and they call him Mr. ____ ...my last name. Haaaaaaaa

LOVE IT!

 

Bwahahahaha! :laugh:

 

madre prefers being addressed as Her Majesty.

 

I'm reminded of the British TV series Rumpole of the Bailey. Rumpole refered to his wife as 'She Who Must be Obeyed'.

 

...and she referred to him as "Rumpole!!!"
(For folk who have bever seen it, it was a comedy series about a dishevelled barrister (Rumpole) based on the books by John Mortimer, who was himself a barrister).

 

I have been Mrs for 38 years and proud of it.

 

Yeah, I prefer Rev. Most Holy or Your Highness myself.

 

My oldest daughter addresses her bossy little sister as "Your Hind-end-ness."

I think it's a title Tinytim's boys must have taught her. . .:laugh:

 

I refuse to use it. Even if a spinster, an unmarried woman is still addressed as "Miss".

 

A spinster can be a "Miss", too.

 

My fellow Southerners will understand that when we address a woman as "Miz," we are not saying Ms. We actually mean Mrs. But we are sometimes lazy in our speech and Mrs. just has too many syllables.

There are some Southerners, however, who really want to be grammatically correct, so they try. But it comes out "Mizriz." Truth be known, those folks are also a bit speech-lazy, so they use this short-cut for "Mistress."

Of course, those who use "Missus" are doing the same thing.