I was asked yesterday at the pharmacy if I preferred Miss or Ms. I said Ms. works. He did a double take at me and said, "Yeah, Miss is for the younger." BAH...
I corrected him. LOL! I gave my opinion that Miss is for unmarried, and Ms. is probably for divorced? I certainly don't regard myself as a Mrs cuz there's no Mr in my life, but some divorced do.
Anyway, he laughed and backtracked he meant the teen years for Miss. Yeah... he still got my sale but barely, lucky guy.
Anyone know the politically correct meaning behind this one?
Proud to be a 'cougar' LOL, Donna
Posted by Mike Pipes (Member # 1573) on :
Miss is for an unmarried woman or girl
Ms. is neutral, independent of whether or not the woman is married.
Mrs. is for women that have been married.
Just be glad he didn't call you Ma'am. Posted by Jon Jantz (Member # 6137) on :
or "Honey.." Posted by W. R. Pickett (Member # 3842) on :
...Ms. was invented (in the '70s?) so that OLD MAIDS wouldn't feel so bad about being called Miss.
Posted by Donna in BC (Member # 130) on :
Cody's principal is nearly 15 years younger than me! What this world is coming to these youngsters... Posted by Graham Parsons (Member # 1129) on :
Not meaning to hijack the thread, but it's sort of related..
I've got to that stage where I now often get asked in stores if I want the "senior's discount"? This, of course, leaves me uncertain as to whether I should feel insulted that they think I look old enough (I'm not quite there ) or accept it and take advantage of the deal!
Posted by George Perkins (Member # 156) on :
Miss became MS when the two letter state abbreviations took over.
Posted by William Holohan (Member # 2514) on :
Ms. stands for misery. Been there, done that, got rid of the jerk...or so my oldest daughter tells me...
Posted by Jon Jantz (Member # 6137) on :
George.
/what a funny guy.
Posted by Alicia B. Jennings (Member # 1272) on :
I still don't really think that the title of Ms. has really set into people minds yet. When ever you need to communicate with a strange woman, you always start with "Miss, excuse me, Miss?" I'd sound kinda weird saying, "Ms. excuse me, Ms?"
Posted by Ken Henry (Member # 598) on :
I'm tending to think that this salutation is one which is pretty much self-claimed or proclaimed, and is largely dependant upon the claimant's attitude. Some women wish to be addressed as Ms., while others prefer Mrs. or Miss.
When does Cream make the official transformation to Sour Cream ? Posted by David Harding (Member # 108) on :
When all of Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, and Ginger Baker's songs got pirated on Napster.
Posted by Rene Giroux (Member # 4980) on :
Donna... can I just whistle at you ? Posted by Donna in BC (Member # 130) on :
Rene, I'll take whatever I can get! Posted by Joe Golden (Member # 6870) on :
I have always been saying Mrs. as misses and only to known married woman.
Ms. to me has always been to adult women with out a husband, divorced or never married.
The Ms. was taught to me to be pronounced as msssssssssssssssss.
The miss has never been a favorite, but when I send cards to my neices only, I do include the Miss on the envelope.
Don't know if I am correct, but thats how we were taught back in Texas.
And if you didnt know Mamm it is. Blame it on my parents, Mamm and Sir are still used today, even as an old man.
Have fun guys!!
Posted by Barb Shuster (Member # 7924) on :
"Ms" has always sounded like a sterotype to me...like Jane Fonda...would you ever call her "Miss" Fonda or "Mrs" Fonda?? To me "Ms" sounds like "beware"..."Miss" is unmarried and innocent..."Mrs" is taken or unavailable..So, in the end I see it as whatever you prefer to show everyone else "who" you are. Personally, I have never liked "Ms"...married or unmarried...I have just been me "Barb" and my last name...except for the Army days...then it was Sergeant.
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