was British words ... Miss, Mrs. Ms. Hogwarts teachers

[Doreen Rich]

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>  Sorry! But yes you're right Miss is most commonly used in schools 
to 
> address female teachers regardless of marital status. Although 
don't 
> most american children address female teachers as Ma'am, or is that 
> just a common misconception promoted by the peanuts comic strip? 
> While male teachers are addressed as either Mr or Sir depending on 
> context. Although having said that at my High School we had one 
> female teacher who was married but had kept her maiden name and 
> demanded that we called her Ms, which caused no problems it's just 
> not in widespread use. 
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>  Jen
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It has always been my experience and that of my children, to call 
teachers by whatever prefix they use. The first day of school, the 
teachers usually write on the blackboard exactly what they want 
students to use to address them. Miss White or Mrs. Black. 

The only time I ever hear women being addressed as M'am is in the 
south or in the military. Yes, M'am or No, M'am might be occasionally 
used, but it is not common.  Don't forget ... this is a generation 
which has replaced, "Thank you" with, "No problem!" I remind mine 
when I hear him say this, that it is, "Thank you" NOT "No problem". 
He has learned from an early age there is playground talk and there 
is polite speech.

I noticed that the students at Hogwarts call all of the 
teachers, "professor". Is this a common thing in British schools? 
Here, usually professors are only found in college teaching.

Doreen,