Re: [DEB-USER] Re: At peace with Debian (was: This is the last war...)
On Tue, 2002-07-16 at 00:32, Peter Whysall wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-07-16 at 01:56, Paul M Foster wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 09:34:56AM +0200, Ivo Wever wrote:
> >
> > > Gary Turner wrote:
> > >
> > > > I will applaud the introduction of "Ms," to the written language, since in
> > > > the South, at least, the oral honorific of "Miz" has long solved the
> > > > question of the marital state of the lady you're addressing.
> > > >
> > > I absolutely do not understand the need to address someone with their
> > > correct marital status. I don't behave differently towards an unmarried
> > > woman than I do towards a married woman, so why on earth should I do so
> > > in writing?
> >
> > Because (particularly in the South) some women prefer it. I know women
> > who are insulted by not being referred to as "Mrs.". And on the other
> > hand, some women are insulted by anything other than "Ms."
>
> In the South of what?
>
> We don't all live where you do ;-)
The southeastern United States roughly (exactly, maybe) bounded by that
which was the Confederacy during the U.S. civil war (a.k.a. War Of
Northern Aggression).
Due to the cultural debasement brought upon by TV and feminism, "Miz"
is slowly disappearing.
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