Talk:Mrs.

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I've added the standard British English style (without the full stop), and removed the pronunciation guide (which was unclear, and disguised the fact that there are many regional pronunciations). Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 09:08, 17 May 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] Non-English languages

From what I've been told while studying German, the distinction between 'Frau' and 'Fräulein' is based on age, not marital status. Does anyone else know the current usage?

At least in Germany Fräulein is hardly used anymore, people use Frau regardless of age or martial status. If used, Fräulein is used for an unmarried woman (regardless of her age) or a waitress (regardless of her martial status). It is also sometimes used for a minor women, but as soon as one is not sure if she is an adult, Frau is used. Since a woman may not marry in Germany before the age of 18, that also is a reference to her martial status, not really her age. --Smorg 11:59, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Miss" is pre-Victorian

Surely the use of "Miss" for unmarried women pre-dates the Victorian era. Check out the novels of Jane Austen, (written in the reign of George III) - "Miss Bennet" etc.

[edit] Marital Status

The unmarried form or Mr should clearly be Mist. 217.147.80.137 02:46, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] marital status unknown

This page didn't address the one reason I came here. I need a definitive answer, if you don't know a woman's marital status, how should you address her?

  • If marital status is unknown, Ms. should be used. MlleDiderot 04:09, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Title of article?

shouldnt this article be entitled Misses instead of Mrs.? Mrs. is the abbreviation for Misses and it would be proper it the page were titled that.

  • Well, it might be - except that Mrs is a contraction of Mistress. Snalwibma 06:25, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Contradictions with Miss/Ms. pages?

This Ms. page states that Ms. is considered the default business standard (overridden if the woman is known to prefer Mrs./Miss) but this page implies that only a few women go with "Ms." and the majority use the more traditional forms. I'm inclined to believe the Ms. page based on personal experience, but are there significant regional differences in Mrs./Ms. usage? MlleDiderot 04:13, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Plural

The plural of mister is messrs. What is the plural of mrs? --Camaeron (talk) 20:29, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Move to Mrs

According to wikipedia guidlines this page ought to be moved to "Mrs" (no full stop/period) as most English-Speaking countries use this form...--Camaeron (talk) 16:52, 17 March 2008 (UTC)