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

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)