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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ms is bad because its pronunciation is bad.

"Missus" is a good pronunciation but "Mrs." already has that for spelling, as stupid that is. So, we are stuck.

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Agree with this. The spoken Miz is unpleasant. I default to Ms. when sending emails to women I don’t know unless I’ve seen them use anything else somewhere (on teachers’ class websites, etc.)

I’m old enough that it’s slightly annoying to be called “miss” by service people instead of ma’am. But I don’t think any of this is taught anymore anyway. [/quote]

I think it's a regional thing--growing up in the northeast (well at least in the 80s and 90s) we didn't say ma'am--in a really informal way when appropriate one would say "hey miss" (no matter the age) or something like that when trying to get a lady's attention such as in a store and looking for help from an associate. A few years ago Mike Bloomberg was at a press conference for something and when he would call on a female reporter who raised her hand he would say "yes miss" (yes bad example given  what he has been accuses of but that is an unrelated issue).[/quote]

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