paulson@hplabsc.UUCP (Anne Paulson) (09/28/83)
The quote from Miss Manners was slightly incorrect, and may have misled some readers. It isn't "Miss Daffodil Perfect" that is never correct for our Daffy; it's "Mrs. Daffodil Perfect". According to Ms. Manners (yes, that's acceptable, as "Miss" is her first name, not her title), the title "Mrs. HerFirstName HisLastName" is never the right way of addressing a woman. By the way, "Miss Manners' Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Social Behavior" is now out in paperback, and is to be heartily recommended. It's filled with snappy one-liners and hilarious essays. To Carl Blesch: The conventional answer to how to address you and your wife, once she's earned her doctorate, is "Mr. and Mrs. Carl Blesch", since only medical doctors use thier titles socially. (If your wife were a medical doctor, then it would be "Dr. and Mr. Carl Blesch".) Anne Paulson ucbvax!hplabs!paulson
ed@unisoft.UUCP (10/04/83)
As I understand it, actually, there is a "correct" usage of Mrs HerFirstName HisLastName - that being for a widow. At least that's how some people who think it's "insulting to him" for her not to have taken his name feel. Ms. Miss Manners might have missed this one? Ed Gould ucbvax!mtxinu!ed