http://www.word-detective.com/2011/07/miss/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.word-detective.com/2011/07/miss/comment-page-1/#comment-23017 Luc Nos Sun, 11 Sep 2011 15:08:40 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=5304#comment-23017 I like to be called Miss (although I am mrs now ;o), it makes me feel young again, from my experience (guest services) ladies of ALL ages cheer up when you call them miss, there is just something cute about it :o) I like to be called Miss (although I am mrs now ;o), it makes me feel young again, from my experience (guest services) ladies of ALL ages cheer up when you call them miss, there is just something cute about it :o)

]]> http://www.word-detective.com/2011/07/miss/comment-page-1/#comment-21162 Claire in Springfield Thu, 04 Aug 2011 00:54:25 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=5304#comment-21162 Now that a modern single woman, a "career girl", can afford her own dwelling-place, is not the abbreviated title "Mrs." appropriate? Socially she is mistress of her own affairs (in the better sense of the word) and financially independent. The tax collector calls her "Head of Household". Sure sounds better than the purposely vague, meaningless, covert and unpronunceable "Ms." which in my dictionary abbreviates only the word "manuscript". Now that a modern single woman, a “career girl”, can afford her own dwelling-place, is not the abbreviated title “Mrs.” appropriate? Socially she is mistress of her own affairs (in the better sense of the word) and financially independent. The tax collector calls her “Head of Household”. Sure sounds better than the purposely vague, meaningless, covert and unpronunceable “Ms.” which in my dictionary abbreviates only the word “manuscript”.

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