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Question: Which is the appropriate form of address for a woman?
#1
Miss for unmarried women/Mrs. for married women (unless they prefer otherwise)		  
#2
Ms. for all women unless they prefer otherwise		  
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other		  
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Filuwaúrdjan
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« on: October 18, 2005, 09:47:41 AM »
Generally I try to find out what they prefer to be called. As a word "Ms" is pretty ugly anyway. How exactly are you supposed to pronounce it? "Muz" "Miz" "Msssss"? Wink
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Filuwaúrdjan
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« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2005, 02:25:15 PM »
Quote from: nclib on October 18, 2005, 04:58:44 PM
A woman taking a man's name implies that the man is the head of the household.

Which he almost always is
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Filuwaúrdjan
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« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2005, 02:43:26 PM »
Quote from: nclib on October 21, 2005, 02:30:39 PM
How are you defining 'head of the household'?

Main breadwinner and all that
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