Ms

Appendix:Variations of "ms" Translingual Symbol mul symbol mul Q1197459 mega second time English Etymology 1 Found since the 1600s as an abbreviation of en mistress (whence also en Miss and en Mrs), a title which initially did not indicate marital status.The Grammarphobia Blog: in "a 1698 tax list from Shrewsbury, England, [...] the title 'Ms' precedes the names of two others, one unmarried and one whose marital status could not be determined" Suggestions that the term be revived began in 1901,The earliest known proposal is from The Republican of Springfield, Massachusetts, on November 10, 1901: "There is a void in the English language which, with some diffidence, we undertake to fill. Every one has been put in an embarrassing position by ignorance of the status of some woman. To call a maiden Mrs is only a shade worse than to insult a matron with the inferior title Miss. Yet it is not always easy to know the facts... Now, clearly, what is needed is a more comprehensive term which does homage to the sex without expressing any views as to their domestic situation, and what could be simpler or more logical than the retention of what the two doubtful terms have in common. The abbreviation "Ms" is simple, it is easy to write, and the person concerned can translate it properly according to circumstances. For oral use it might be rendered as "Mizz," which would be a close parallel to the practice long universal in many bucolic regions, where a slurred Mis' does duty for Miss and Mrs alike." and referenced the fact that dialects such as Southern US English already made no distinction between Miss and Mrs (/ˈmɪz/) in speech. With the founding of the magazine Ms. (magazine) Ms. in 1971, the term quickly became widespread as an alternative to Miss and Mrs., which require knowing (and publicizing) the referent's marital status. Alternative forms en Ms. US Canada en M/s rare Pronunciation mĭzʹ mĭsʹ US, en /ˈmɪz/ /ˈmɪs/ en miz mizz Miz en ɪz 1 mĭzʹ məz UK, en /ˈmɪz/ /məz/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-Ms.wav US Noun s + Title used before an adult woman's name or surname, especially when it is not desired or possible to indicate her marital status with Miss or Mrs. en Ms Jane Doe; Ms. Roe en 1995 w:Stephen King The Kindness of Strangers Rose Madder London BCA Book Club Associates 7 55 https://archive.org/details/rosemadder1995unse/page/55/mode/1up 1016446756 ‘1 I don’t know how to thank you for this, Mrs Stevenson.’ ‘It’s Ms to my business associates and Anna to you,’ Title used for a woman before a place, name, thing, or description that she is supposed to typify or represent. en Mrs. en Ms Efficiency and Ms Right Usage notes Usually written as Ms. with a full stop in North America, and as Ms without one in the UK. See the notes in the Wikipedia article. Coordinate terms Derived terms en mizz en Miz Translations title Afrikaans: af ms Chinese: Mandarin: zh 女士 Esperanto: eo s-ino French: fr Mme f Galician: gl Señora f, gl Sra. f, gl Dona f Georgian: ka ქ-ნი German: de Frau f Greek: el Δις, el Δδα Italian: it Sig.ra f Khmer: km អ្នកនាង neak neang Macedonian: mk госпоѓа f, mk госпоѓица f Polish: pl panna f, pl panienka f Russian: ru госпожа́ f, ru г-жа f Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb kněni f Spanish: es Señora f, es Sra. f Swedish: sv fru c See also Wikipedia article on "Ms." Etymology 2 Alternative forms en M's Pronunciation en /ɛmz/ Noun en noun form en M Usage notes Etymology 3 From a shortening of its name. Noun - en organic chemistry en mesyl. References Anagrams en ms sm. S/M sm S&M Sm S & M SM en Chemical notation German Noun de noun form de M