RE: [DEB-USER] Re: At peace with Debian (was: This is the last war...)
What I consider strange is that Mrs., is pronounced like 'missus' yet it has
an R there, where does that R come from?
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~-----Original Message-----
~From: Gary Turner [mailto:kk5st@swbell.net]
~Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 9:09 PM
~To: Debian User
~Subject: Re: [DEB-USER] Re: At peace with Debian (was: This is the last
~war...)
~>>
~>> 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).
~
~I won't argue with Webster. My personal recollection is that it was
~pushed by the women's movement in the early 70's as a marital-status
~neutral replacement for "Mrs." and "Miss." It was pushed as a
~new word,
~not an abbreviation. Thus there is no period, "Ms". It was to be
~pronounced "miz" and perhaps is truly derivative.
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