[Sigia-l] What do you call Mr Miss Ms

Mike Sullivan mtsulli at qwest.com
Mon Feb 24 12:28:36 EST 2003


The Chicago Manual of Style calls these "social titles", FWIW.

Jesse James Garrett wrote:

> The American Heritage dictionary refers to Mr./Mrs./Ms. as "courtesy
> titles"; Merriam-Webster uses the slightly more awkward "conventional
> titles of courtesy".
>




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