British words and public schools

[niamh at robo4.freeserve.co.uk]

No: HPFGUIDX 18896

just my tuppenys worh about british public schools . They are so 
called because tradiitionally they have prepared the students for 
public life. I myself went too a private school which in my case was 
a convent. We usually refer regular schools as either grammer or 
comps (short for comprehensives) down here in the london suburbs but 
im sure different regions call them all sorts of things.
As for miss mrs or ms i think its personal choice . I hate the way ms 
sounds so i prefer Mrs but each to their own. Whatever their marital 
status all female non nun teachers at my school were referred too as 
miss.
regards Niamh

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