Re: You have a word for it?
| From: | Padraic Brown <agricola@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, January 27, 2002, 19:26 |
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Am 27.01.02, Fabian yscrifef:
> > > >Yehy is the masculine counterpart of Miss -- the title for an
> > > >unmarried man.
> > > We NEEEEEED this word in English. Honestly.
> > I disagree. I think we need to ditch the distinction between married
> > woman and unmarried woman.
>
> Back about 150 years ago, the common word for this was 'master', and
> exactl;y equivalent to 'miss'.
Mister is just a weakened form of Master; as Missus is a
weakened form of Mistress. I use Miss and Mister regardless.
Master was also in fairly common use much more recently. When
I was little, older relatives addressed cards and such with
"Master". I've never used it for anyone.
I'm sure it drives the Miz legions batty, but sod em anyway.
> Fabian
Padraic.
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