Re: [DEB-USER] Re: At peace with Debian (was: This is the lastwar...)
On Tue, 2002-07-16 at 10:24, Dan Gapinski wrote:
> You are mostly right -- Ms. now also can refer to single women who think
> that "Miss" is embarrassing. Sometimes people unnecessarily complicate the
> issue when their fragile self-esteem is involved.
Just my rule, but I feel embarrassed referring to an un-married
30 year old woman as "Miss".
However.... Maybe it's just a Louisiana thing, but quite often,
in informal settings, married women are referred to as Miss
<Christian name>.
For example, Mrs. Jane Doe would be referred to as "Mrs. Doe" or
"Miss Jane".
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