In theory the title Ms refers to any female and is the equivalent of
Mr. In practice, (here in England) nearly all women who choose to use
the title Ms are divorced, or at least separated from their husband and
so it actually says a lot more about the personal circumstances than Mr
does. If you really want your personal situation to be as private as
possible be a Mrs. In France all women above "a certain age" mid 20s?
are Mme, in Poland all women over 18 are Pani, so why not make all
English speaking adult women Mrs. ?
At work I process Adult Education enrolments which includes recording
names and addresses. Sometimes it's done from an application form
filled in by the student and in that case I'll input whatever title she
has chosen, but if I'm inputting directly (face to face or by phone) I
never ask for a title although some people give it, I just tick the box
for female. That way any computer generated correspondence to that
student goes out without a title. Some colleagues routinely tick Ms
without asking, but that generates Ms on any forms or address labels
and occasionally irks someone.
Brenda
On 27 Aug 2006, at 03:20, Helen Ward wrote:
Since I've been divorced since 1977, I don't consider myself a Mrs,
nor am I a Miss. Unless I'm forced to use a 'title' I don't use one -
I'm just 'Helen Ward'. If I'm forced to use one I use Ms.
Brenda
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