[net.women] MS/Miss/Mrs. => M

barryg@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Barry Gold) (01/23/85)

M sounds okay as an all-purpose honorific provided we could get over the
objections of those who speak French.  (There it's an abbreviation for
Monsieur = Mr.)

However, I'd suggest we pronounce it "ummm."

As for Sunny's objection to any sort of honorific, there are times I want
to be formal (which means using an honorific plus last name), other times
I want to be social (and use the first name).  And then of course there've
been times when I've omitted the obligatory (and vaguely hypocritical)
"Dear" and started out the letter with the person's full name alone.
(So far I've never started a letter as "Undear [name]," but then I'm
relatively mild-tempered.

--Lee Gold

rcb@rti-sel.UUCP (Randy Buckland) (01/24/85)

> However, I'd suggest we pronounce it "ummm."
> 
> As for Sunny's objection to any sort of honorific, there are times I want
> to be formal (which means using an honorific plus last name), other times
> I want to be social (and use the first name).  

So what's wrong with the good old "Mi'Lord" or "Mi'Lady". It was enough
for Normans.

					Randy Buckland
					Research Triangle Institute
					...!mcnc!rti-sel!rcb

zubbie@wlcrjs.UUCP (Jeanette Zobjeck) (02/05/85)

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RATHER  than use "hey you" I usually resort to  HELLO when addressing 
someone with whom i do not feel comfortable on a first name basis.
Jeanette Zobjeck
ihnp4!wlcrjs!zubbie

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