Theiling Online    Sitemap    Conlang Mailing List HQ   

Re: You have a word for it?

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Tuesday, January 29, 2002, 3:03
Dennis Paul Himes wrote:
> The convention I learned > is that "Mrs." is used for a woman who is using a husband's surname, and > "Miss" is used otherwise. So a divorced woman who kept her married name > would be "Mrs.", and a married woman who kept her maiden name would be > "Miss".
For what it's worth, my widowed mother uses Mrs. -- "There's no such thing as 'cool'. Everyone's just a big dork or nerd, you just have to find people who are dorky the same way you are." - overheard ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42