Re: [DEB-USER] Re: At peace with Debian (was: This is the last war...)
On Tue, Jul 16, 2002 at 01:38:27PM -0500, Gary Turner wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Jul 2002 10:07:32 -0500, Alex Malinovich wrote:
>
> >I don't quite recall the exact beginnings of this thread, but I'm
> >assuming that "Miz" = Ms?
>
> Almost. "Miz," which is strictly oral, long predates the written "Ms,"
> which was invented circa 1970.
Webster's says circa 1923 for Ms., but it doesn't say how it arrived at
that date... Possibly showed up with the suffragettes (U.S.
Constitutional Amendment XIX was ratified in 1920).
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Eric G. Miller <egm2@jps.net>
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