[HPforGrownups] Re: British words

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No: HPFGUIDX 18914


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: jenfold at yahoo.com 
  To: HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 5:54 AM
  Subject: [HPforGrownups] Re: British words



  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? 

  I believe that is a misconception.  At most schools, female teachers are addressed by a title and their last name.  What that title is depends on the teacher and what she asks to be called.  Teachers usually introduce themselves at the beginning of the year, telling children how they are to be addressed.  Now at the rural southern school where I've been teaching, all female teachers and adults are addressed as Ms. (pronounced Mizz) or "Mih."  But I think that's just because of their accents.

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