Talk:Mrs.

I've added the standard British English style (without the full stop), and removed the pronunciation guide (which was unclear, and disguised the fact that there are many regional pronunciations). Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 09:08, 17 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Non-English languages

From what I've been told while studying German, the distinction between 'Frau' and 'Fräulein' is based on age, not marital status. Does anyone else know the current usage?

"Miss" is pre-Victorian

Surely the use of "Miss" for unmarried women pre-dates the Victorian era. Check out the novels of Jane Austen, (written in the reign of George III) - "Miss Bennet" etc.

marital status unknown

This page didn't address the one reason I came here. I need a definitive answer, if you don't know a woman's marital status, how should you address her?

Titla of article?

shouldnt this article be entitled Misses instead of Mrs.? Mrs. is the abbreviation for Misses and it would be proper it the page were titled that