Oddly enough, although the external address by convention is Mr. and Mrs., I was taught on the inside greeting line to put the woman first, as in Mr. and Mrs. John Doe 123 First St. Anywhere, MI
but Dear Sarah and John, .... > > From: Tamara P Duvall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/08/31 Thu AM 12:27:23 EDT > To: chat Arachne <lace-chat@arachne.com> > Subject: [lace-chat] Re: names > > 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. > > -- > Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/ > Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > This message sent via RCNet webmail To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
