Date:    Fri, 6 Mar 1998 11:29:49 CST
<br>From:    Ellen Johnson  Ellen.Johnson[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]WKU.EDU 
<br>Subject: Re[2]: Ms.
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<br>I will have to sadly agree that Ms. seems to have been reinterpreted in the
<br> South as described.  It is discouraging to go into local elementary schools
<br> where teachers have wooden signs with their names hanging outside their doors
<br> and see that they are almost all Miss or Mrs.  I'd be willing to bet that the
<br> few Ms's are indeed divorced.
<br>
<br>I remember being pleased when I was married and kept my maiden name that one of
<br> my professosrs (NOT a Southerner), who referred to students as Mr., Miss, or
<br> Mrs., would now have to resort to Ms, since neither Miss Johnson nor Mrs.
<br> Johnson would be logical.  I feel that people are prying into my personal life
<br> when they ask me if I am Miss, Mrs, or Ms and I have to say I get some pleasure
<br> out of being able to say "Dr" to these people without divulging my marital
<br> status.
<br>
<br>Ellen
<br>ellen.johnson[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]wku.edu
<br>