Talk:Ms

Pronunciation
As a Brit, I've only ever heard this as /məz/, never /mız/ (I've also discussed this with my housemates who also have the same experience). I'm going to edit this to change the British pronunciation, unless someone has a source Tristanjlroberts (talk) 20:43, 18 January 2021 (UTC)


 * Reverted since I'm British and have only heard /mɪz/ and my anecdote's as good as yours :) Equinox ◑ 21:18, 18 January 2021 (UTC)


 * Checked the OED and it has both (and both are listed as both Brit and US). Equinox ◑ 21:19, 18 January 2021 (UTC)


 * checked history, /mız/ was given as the British pronunciation saying it was the only pronunciation given in the OED. This is incorrect, I have checked the 1990 concise OED and it gives /mız, məz/. I am changing to list both pronunciations for British English Tristanjlroberts (talk) 21:20, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

Various editors keep adding / removing / adding / removing a pronunciation in /-s/. It's pretty well attested, roughly half the first ten YouGlish videos I looked at use it, including 2:40 youtu.be/1acrUAxFVaw (her transcript has her referring to herself as "Ms. Marie", said with /-s/; a second video is her again, referring to Ms. Diane /-s/); 0:52 youtu.be/Cvl2tHwuvzk (the transcript, and a NYT article titled "LaToya Ruby Frazier, American Witness" on the same person, writes her name "Ms. Renée", speaker says /-s/), 8:22 youtu.be/JJyeKiT8g4g. (For now I put in on the US/GA line but it wouldn't surprise me to also find it in the UK since the various spelled out forms Miss, Missus etc are all themselves sometimes pronounced with /-s/.) - -sche (discuss) 20:40, 9 December 2022 (UTC)

Married woman
[https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/grammar/british-grammar/names-and-titles-addressing-people Some women take on their husband’s surname and the title Mrs when they get married. Some women prefer to keep their surname and use the title Ms]. --Backinstadiums (talk) 11:34, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

Mss
is the plural Mss also an abbreviation? --Backinstadiums (talk) 10:44, 17 March 2021 (UTC)