Re: Proper Usage of Miss

[Philomena Hoopes <PHILA -at- MAIL -dot- VIPS -dot- COM>]

Questions:

1) Do the women in question call themselves Miss?
2) Might it be a slurring of Ms.?
3) Might the guilty parties be elders, or from a part of the country where
this usage is an informal courtesy?
4) If this is a pressing issue, might it be a question best posed to Miss
Manners?

Philomena Hoopes
Phila -at- vips -dot- com <mailto:Phila -at- vips -dot- com>
VIPS Healthcare Information Solutions, Inc.
(410) 832-8330 ext 845


                -----Original Message-----
                From:   Debbie Warren [mailto:dwarren -at- DTECHS -dot- COM]
                Sent:   Wednesday, February 24, 1999 11:54 AM
                To:     TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
                Subject:        Proper Usage of Miss

                Several of my co-workers say "Miss Jane or Miss Linda" even
when the woman
                is married. I do not believe that they are using Miss
correctly. I think
                that one should always use "Miss" with a last name and only
for a unmarried
                woman. I'm I right?

                Can anyone refer me to a reference book or a web site?

                Thanks.

                Debbie Warren
                User Documentation Specialist, Digital Techniques, Inc.
                Allen, Texas, USA
                dwarren -at- dtechs -dot- com


 From ??? -at- ??? Sun Jan 00 00:00:00 0000=
                Send commands to listserv -at- listserv -dot- okstate -dot- edu (e.g.,
SIGNOFF TECHWR-L)
                Search archives at:
http://www.raycomm.com/techwhirl/archives.htm
                Take tangential discussion to
http://www.raycomm.com/techwhirl/chat/



 From ??? -at- ??? Sun Jan 00 00:00:00 0000=