On Aug 30, 2006, at 13:28, Janice Blair wrote:
When I write to married female friends I never use a title and much prefer just the plain name and I don't care if it upsets anyone,
Send them on; won't upset me at all :)
[...] but my Christmas cards always are addressed to Mr. & Mrs followed by their last name.
That's the Polish custom also, except... *Ladies first*... :) It's, always, "Mrs and Mr X"; never "Mr and Mrs X"... I didn't even realise how equal women were in Poland until I came here :) Of course, the equality was surface-deep.
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