miss or ms?

when addressing my invites, is it miss or ms? what are the rules?

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Posted by Lauren92108

Ms. unless it is a little girl

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That's what I did too.

I don't think it matters...unless you KNOW they aren't or haven't been married.

Found this online:

'Miss' is the title used for a single woman who has never married before.

'Ms.' is the title used for a woman regardless of their marital status.

Contrary to popular belief, 'Ms' is not short for 'Miss' but it is short for 'mistress' which is the female version of 'mister'.

The general idea is that the titles for men do not specify their marital status so the titles of women should also be ambiguous about it. Hence, people coined the non-marital status specific title - 'ms.'

Nowadays, 'ms' is often used in business correspondence when people do not know the marital status of the person they are liaising with.

So there you have it. the difference between 'miss' and 'ms' is that the former is a title for unmarried women and the other does not specify the marital status.

ok, thats what i thought - FH is arguing with me telling me to never use MS. always MISS

i knew never to trust him

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Posted by DeeluvsVinny

I don't think it matters...unless you KNOW they aren't or haven't been married.

Found this online:

'Miss' is the title used for a single woman who has never married before.

'Ms.' is the title used for a woman regardless of their marital status.

Contrary to popular belief, 'Ms' is not short for 'Miss' but it is short for 'mistress' which is the female version of 'mister'.

The general idea is that the titles for men do not specify their marital status so the titles of women should also be ambiguous about it. Hence, people coined the non-marital status specific title - 'ms.'

Nowadays, 'ms' is often used in business correspondence when people do not know the marital status of the person they are liaising with.

So there you have it. the difference between 'miss' and 'ms' is that the former is a title for unmarried women and the other does not specify the marital status.

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Agree'd - this is definatley the origins and proper definition. I think in this day and age its pretty universal that Miss is considered to be a 'girl' or someone under the age of 18 and Ms. is used for over 18 but unmarried. It may sound stupid ... but it would make my skin crawl with anger when i'd get invitations that said Miss....lololololol

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Posted by colleen1117

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Posted by DeeluvsVinny

I don't think it matters...unless you KNOW they aren't or haven't been married.

Found this online:

'Miss' is the title used for a single woman who has never married before.

'Ms.' is the title used for a woman regardless of their marital status.

Contrary to popular belief, 'Ms' is not short for 'Miss' but it is short for 'mistress' which is the female version of 'mister'.

The general idea is that the titles for men do not specify their marital status so the titles of women should also be ambiguous about it. Hence, people coined the non-marital status specific title - 'ms.'

Nowadays, 'ms' is often used in business correspondence when people do not know the marital status of the person they are liaising with.

So there you have it. the difference between 'miss' and 'ms' is that the former is a title for unmarried women and the other does not specify the marital status.

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Agree'd - this is definatley the origins and proper definition. I think in this day and age its pretty universal that Miss is considered to be a 'girl' or someone under the age of 18 and Ms. is used for over 18 but unmarried. It may sound stupid ... but it would make my skin crawl with anger when i'd get invitations that said Miss....lololololol

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ditto 100% - ms it is!

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Posted by colleen1117

Agree'd - this is definatley the origins and proper definition. I think in this day and age its pretty universal that Miss is considered to be a 'girl' or someone under the age of 18 and Ms. is used for over 18 but unmarried. It may sound stupid ... but it would make my skin crawl with anger when i'd get invitations that said Miss....lololololol

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I thought i was the ONLY one. I actually get upset seeing 'Miss' before my name.

I think Miss looks nice and formal when you are using a fancy script font. Growing up, my teachers went by Miss if they werent married, Mrs. if they were married, and Ms. if they were divorced, so I always think of Ms. as having a weird connotation

I think we did Miss for younger singles (teens, early 20s) and Ms. for older singles/divorcees

For our placecards though, I think we're going to do Ms. for everyone because I think it looks better in the all-caps font we are using.

I'm totally nutty, i acknowledge that