2007-02-20 05:26:19 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Ms. is for a woman -- she can be single, divorced or married (some married women preferred to be referred to as Ms instead of the more traditional Mrs).
Mrs. is for a married woman.
Miss is for a young girl.
2007-02-20 05:30:45 · answer #1 · answered by kja63 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Ms is pronounced 'mizz'. The difference between ms and miss is:
ms is the designation determined by wymen like G Steinham who desired to be 'just like a man' while retaining all the privileges of being a woman in a chivalrous era. I'll bet that all she retained was water, but that's another story.
Miss is the _correct_ title for an unmarried woman
Mrs. is the _correct_ title for a married woman
Miss is pronounced 'miss'
Mrs is pronounced 'misus'
I usually use the 'mizz' pronunciation to all women mainly because I'm lazy.
2007-02-20 05:34:40 · answer #2 · answered by credo quia est absurdum 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is pronounced 'Mizz'; as to it's meaning, it can be a bit vague. Miss is definately someone unmarried (and possibly quite young, but that's not absolutely set in stone - my housemate uses Miss and she's 33!). Ms doesn't clarify marital status; so sometimes women who use it are (or have been) married, and sometimes they're single. Personally I use Ms because I think Miss sounds like I'm twelve, and because if I ever get married I don't intend to change my name and so will just keep the same name and title throughout.
Hope this makes sense!
2007-02-20 05:34:07 · answer #3 · answered by Marzipan 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Generally you would use Miss for a young unmarried lady. Ms. can be used at the users discretion. It is used for a woman who is married or has been married. I was told in school that some women use it if they don't want to advertise wehether they are married or not. My general rule of thumb is if a girl is under 20 yrs old, I will use Miss, if we are talking about a mature woman or a professional unmarried woman, I will use Ms.
2016-05-23 23:02:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you're right about the prouninciation.
Ms. Is relatively recent in its creation; the feminists thought it was wrong that their titles designated between married (Mrs.) and unmarried (Miss) when men only had one title (Mr.) which never changed based on their marital status.
Ms, then, is supposed to be the female equivalent to Mr, appropriate for all women whether old, young, married, or unmarried. Miss, on the other hand, refers to anyone unmarried, but this has kind of changed in usage to mostly sound as though it refers to young girls.
2007-02-20 05:33:07 · answer #5 · answered by megan_of_the_swamp 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yes it is pronounced that way. Miss is for unmarried girls and women. Ms is for any woman, regardless of whether they're married or not, and is probably best used when it's unknown if the woman is married.
2007-02-20 05:31:12 · answer #6 · answered by Enceladus 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
A few are wrong here, Ms pronounced miz, is for any woman regardles of her marrital status. Miss means unmarried and Mrs is married and usually divorced and widowed.
2007-02-20 05:39:34 · answer #7 · answered by tman 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ms. is also used for a divorced woman, still using the married name.
2007-02-20 05:31:06 · answer #8 · answered by BigTip$ 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Your pronunciation is correct.
Ms. was coined in the 70's as part of the women's liberation issues. Mrs. and Miss were labled as too specific since it identified a person as married or single. Some women wished to keep the ability to disclose that to them selves (comparable to the Mr. title that men use).
Hence "Ms." came into fashion.
Thank you Gloria Steinem
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2007-02-20 05:31:52 · answer #9 · answered by ca_surveyor 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
ms. is for an unmarried woman and miss is for a young girl (unmarried)
2007-02-20 05:29:29 · answer #10 · answered by ? 1 · 2⤊ 3⤋