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Call Me Mizz Meranda

Don't you think it's strange how we as a society have 3 ways to address women. Miss. Mrs. & Ms

Miss is for unmarried women. Mrs. is for married women and since the 60's femine era we got Ms (pronounced Mizz). Which is for women who are divorced or unmarried and over a certain age.

But men only get Mr. If they are married, single or divorced it's just Mr. I find that strange for some reason that we have to put labels on women's relationship status but not a mans. From now on when I meet a man that is divorced I am going to call him "Mizzzter"

posted on Apr 18, 2008 10:04 AM ()

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"Mizzzter"...that's awesome.

comment by janetk on Apr 22, 2008 2:02 PM ()

I like that. Or just call him any time, I'm sure

comment by teacherwoman on Apr 21, 2008 10:17 AM ()

Great point! This is something I've been discussing with J a lot lately. He keeps jokingly calling me Mrs. J... and I keep saying, Ms. J! I've always addressed myself as Ms. (because Miss sounds so juvinile to me, like I'm a little Missy) so why should I change my title from Ms. to Mrs. just because we're getting married? Besides Mrs. J is his mom!

comment by mellowdee on Apr 21, 2008 8:57 AM ()

Here in the South we also have Mizz (pronounced Mizz)as in ole Mizz Cindy. It usually refers to a older (much Older) woman usually a widow.

comment by grumpy on Apr 21, 2008 7:47 AM ()

Good point! I hate being called Ms. I miss the Miss days. Age is catching up with me! boo hoo!

comment by frogfenatic on Apr 19, 2008 11:02 PM ()

comment by walkwithgrace on Apr 19, 2008 7:36 AM ()

Ms only indicates that you are female and has nothing to do with relationship status or age.
Wikipedia says:
Ms (UK) or Ms. (USA), (pronounced /mÉªz/ or /mÉ™z/[1]) is an English honorific used with the last name or full name of a woman. As with Mrs. and Miss, Ms. is a contraction of the honorific "Mistress", which is the feminine of "Mister" or "Master". However, unlike Miss and Mrs., it does not presume the addressee's marital status. Ms. originated in the United States and was popularized in the 1970s. It is now the default form of address for business correspondence with a woman.

comment by nittineedles on Apr 18, 2008 12:50 PM ()

good point!