> > > > and dislike the assumptions made about Ms
> > > Such as?
> > That it is pronounced Miss,
> Really? In the US, it's pronounced "Miz." Has been for more than a century
> though there wasn't a standardised spelling for it.
I've always pronounced it "miz" as well, it seems fairly common in t
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Janus wrote:
>At 02:16 AM 01/12/2000 +0100, you wrote:
>>On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, Janus wrote:
>>
>>> and dislike the assumptions made about Ms
>>
>>Such as?
>
>That it is pronounced Miss, for a start
I dunno, I think it's pronounced "Miz" or even "M.z" where "." indic
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Sunnanvind wrote:
>
>Isn't this what Ms. is?
In theory, yes. In practice, it gets translated as "rabid man-hating
lesbian feminist".
Which is not necessarily a bad thing.
K.
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At 06:48 PM 01/12/2000 +0100, you wrote:
>
>> based titles anyhow. In Japan, one is -san regardless of gender or
>> marital status, and I had no problem being -san.
>
>Relatives etc is chan, right?
>Like neechan and so on.
>
Relatives and close enough friends -- it is sort of the equivaken
On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, Sunnanvind wrote:
> Ah! Now I get it! Though I've got a theory; that Mrs and Miss are
> presented as options for those weird old ladies that aren't feminists.
When I was recently widowed, I insisted on the "Mrs." title for a year
though I hadn't when my husband was alive. An
On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, Janus wrote:
> >> and dislike the assumptions made about Ms
> >
> >Such as?
>
> That it is pronounced Miss,
Really? In the US, it's pronounced "Miz." Has been for more than a century
though there wasn't a standardised spelling for it.
> for a start, because(of course) if
On Tue, 11 Jan 2000, Linda Walsh wrote:
> Just went to the site in question -- "Ms." is an option now...:-)
Yes, I got a rather apologetic letter from their marketing department. I'm
happy they acted so fast. They said it was an oversight. ::sigh::
(Did you hear that mom? I'm an "oversight"! Wh
On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, Janus wrote:
> At 02:16 AM 01/12/2000 +0100, you wrote:
> >Such as?
>
> That it is pronounced Miss
If so; pardon me. I was under the assumption that it was pronounced "msss" or
something equally silly.
(And no, I don't pronouns missus as mus :) .)
> Alas, no, not as lon
At 02:16 AM 01/12/2000 +0100, you wrote:
>On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, Janus wrote:
>
>> and dislike the assumptions made about Ms
>
>Such as?
That it is pronounced Miss, for a start, because(of course) if one was
married, one would use Mrs., wouldn't one (I am not making this up,
honest!)? Or, a less
Just went to the site in question -- "Ms." is an option now...:-)
Have other countries adopted "Ms." as a title or is it mostly a US
thing? Perhaps they just didn't know?
-linda
[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, Janus wrote:
> and dislike the assumptions made about Ms
Such as?
>And thus it will continue until there is one general titlefor women as there
>is for men
Isn't this what Ms. is?
Sunnan
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Janus wrote:
> Maybe a silly little point, but, then, I am a silly little person..
I don't think it's a silly little point. It's one of the 'lunch money' points
- ie, we refuse to be the little kids sitting quietly and handing over lunch
money (or free information!). Nor, one presumes, will
- Original Message -
From: Janus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 7:29 PM
Subject: Re: [issues] Mr., Mrs., Miss, Dr. or Sir
> At 06:36 PM 01/11/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>
> Since I am not a Miss, prefer not to be regarded as
On Tue, Jan 11, 2000 at 05:12:59PM -0800, Deirdre Saoirse wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Jan 2000, Kelly Lynn Martin wrote:
>
> > Once I get my J.D. I will answer that question, when pushed, as "Dr."
> > even though it's considered poor form for an attorney to use the title
> > of "Doctor" by virtue of her
On Tue, 11 Jan 2000, Kelly Lynn Martin wrote:
> Once I get my J.D. I will answer that question, when pushed, as "Dr."
> even though it's considered poor form for an attorney to use the title
> of "Doctor" by virtue of her J.D. :)
In my curmudgeonly mood, that's how I answered it.
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_Deirdre
On Tue, 11 Jan 2000 19:29:38 -0500, Janus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>Since I am not a Miss, prefer not to be regarded as just an appendage
>to a male, and dislike the assumptions made about Ms, I have, for
>years, refused to answer the title question, period. If the person
>on the other side ins
At 06:36 PM 01/11/2000 -0500, you wrote:
> WHY is my marital status any of your business? As a widow, I don't think
> of myself as Miss (which to me means never married), nor do I think of
> myself as a Mrs. (as I am not currently married)
Since I am not a Miss, prefer not to be regarded as just
>
> WHY is my marital status any of your business? As a widow, I don't think
> of myself as Miss (which to me means never married), nor do I think of
> myself as a Mrs. (as I am not currently married)
this really gets up my nose as well. i hate it. why do ppl/companies
need to know whether a w
On Tue, 11 Jan 2000, Deirdre Saoirse wrote:
> WHY is my marital status any of your business? As a widow, I don't think
> of myself as Miss (which to me means never married), nor do I think of
> myself as a Mrs. (as I am not currently married)
you could just write "Mr." ;)
when asked that questi
I had to write the flame below because I was so IRRITATED at the concept.
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