A trick to remember a womans title

if she's nice 50/50 between miss and Mrs if she's rude and annoying Ms. :p

OT but this thread kinda shows just how damaged us male posters on here are :o
 
I've started using Ms a lot more. Not really fair that we have a name that hides our maritial status and woman give quite a vital piece of information away in their name.
 
If she's determined to be offended she will be offended whatever title you use and if she isn't determined to be offended she'll know it's an issue and tell you the title she wants you to use, so you can just use that. Unless it's "her Grace, the Duchess of Awesomeness" :)

I default to Ms in writing and I just ask in speech.
 
I once called my girlfriends mother "the woman who's daughter I ****" as I'd forgotten her name for a second, in fairness it was only the second or third time I'd met her mother... great first impression :D
 
kenmare said:
I've started using Ms a lot more. Not really fair that we have a name that hides our maritial status and woman give quite a vital piece of information away in their name.
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I don't see marital status as being "quite a vital piece of information" in any context in which you'd be addressing someone as Miss/Mr/Mrs/Ms/etc. Am I missing something?

I'm not being sarky here, this is a genuine question: Why do you think that 'a lot' is a word?
 
We were always taught, back in the olden times, that for ladies it was;
Mrs = Married.
Miss = Unmarried of marriageable age.
Ms = Under marriageable age.

Much like, for men;
Mr = Over marriageable age.
Master = Below marriageable age.

This was of course before the massive explosion of political correctness which now sees Ms being used all over the place.

RB
 
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