Another question for the Brits on the list

[potioncat]

> Carol, who never cared for "Ms." either, except that it's handy when I
> don't know a woman's marital status


Potioncat:
My mother (a nurse) had Ms. on her uniform name-pin. She was divorced 
and didn't like Miss or Mrs. as an option. It was a small town and by 
then there was another Mrs. Sanders.

When I graduated from the school of nursing, I stayed in the city where 
I had gone to university. I also used Ms. on my pin. I didn't 
particularly want to advertise my marital status to patients. My mother 
was horrified. She was afraid it would send the wrong message---that 
people would think I was divorced. (gasp!)

Didn't matter. Within the year I had exchanged Ms.for ENS (Ensign, USN).