[net.women] Little Misses

charlie@cca.UUCP (Charlie Kaufman) (09/27/83)

>Maybe "Miss" could serve the same purpose... for all young girls until
>they are about 12 years old or so (the approximate time when children
>start becoming more adultlike)... Ms. could be used for all other women,
>with married women still opting for the use of Mrs. if they so wished.

I can see it coming!  Refering to a women as Miss will be equivalent to
refering to her as a "girl".  We'll change the language out from under
everyone and smugly think of them as chauvinists until they catch on.

Again.

                          --Charlie Kaufman
                            charlie@cca
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