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Subject: Re: [lace-chat] Names and titles
>Dear Lise-Aurore,
>And then, there's the usage in French, where I am refer
"My lover" is quite common in Bath. It may sound strange, but it's
normally said with a really thick burr and is just used instead of
"love" or "dear". I don't mind the name being used as long as it's
being used almost out of habit, not in any sort of "little woman" way.
Title/name-wise I'm
Carol wrote:
In some areas you could be called be called by the
not-intended-to-be-derogatory term of "chuck" or "lass", and in Scotland
"hen".
I'm sure there are lots more, but these spring immediately to mind.
Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK
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Dear Lise-Aurore,
And then, there's the usage in French, where I am referred to as Madame le
docteur. I'm not to crazy about that, but it is difficult to make people
believe that I'm a Monsieur. I was rather distressed this spring, when
everyone in France seemed to want to call me Mademoiselle.
Wow! What an interesting thread.
Personally, I cannot abide being called Miss, Mrs or Ms. Never could, before
marriage, during marriage, or after, always hated them, from as far back as I
can remember. I see them as sexist and degrading to women, since their sole
purpose is to indicate marriage
ust 27, 2006 3:41 AM
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> Subject: [lace-chat] Names and titles
>
> Firstly, it never occurred to me to give my own details as Mrs William
> Nathan to anyone, or to be known as that. The only time it's use is if
> something is address to us both, and even then on
My husband has five sisters and two younger brothers.
Since one brother is only a little older than my sons,
the title of "uncle" is not always used.
Anyway, being that my older son, when small, saw his
five aunts more often than his other uncle, he was in
the habit of using the title "aunt."
Firstly, it never occurred to me to give my own details as Mrs William
Nathan to anyone, or to be known as that. The only time it's use is if
something is address to us both, and even then on our local tax bill, the
account is Mr William E Nathan and Mrs Jean E Nathan. Since marriage I've
alway
Seeing all these comments about married women being addressed by their
husbands name prefixed with Mrs set off one of my pet niggles. My
family background is Quaker, and I taught to address people by their
given name & family name and not to use titles as everyone is equal,
and using titles de
