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Post by wiggir13 on Dec 12, 2012 17:23:02 GMT -5
So this is just a little thing that I just didn't get, but why is one librarian lady Ms. And another Miss??? Isn't it the same thing. It bothered me so much that I didn't pay attention to the rest of the book hahaha
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Post by wiggir13 on Dec 12, 2012 17:23:44 GMT -5
So this is just a little thing that I just didn't get, but why is one librarian lady Ms. And another Miss??? Isn't it the same thing. It bothered me so much that I didn't pay attention to the rest of the book hahaha
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Post by zoar3 on Dec 12, 2012 18:40:17 GMT -5
^Good question. Maybe "Ms." is supposed to come across a little more formally and possibly older than Miss? I don't know. I do know is the only saving factor of this one for me was Nicky winning. I loved that his whole family was there to cheer him on. It's too bad the Readathon was never heard of again because it sounded like Nicky did end up enjoying books, sort of like Buddy did. The two of them could have hung out more, plus even though I'm not a big Rosie fan she and Nicky seemed to make a good pair of pals. It was interesting though that this may be the only book that 90%+ took place in one location: the library.
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Post by celaeno on Dec 12, 2012 18:47:14 GMT -5
^"Miss" is usually used for an unmarried woman; "Ms" is usually used by women (married or single) who want to shun the whole "Mrs for married, Miss for single" thing (so no surprise it appears in a lot of BSC books ).
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Post by virgoscorpio on Dec 12, 2012 18:49:35 GMT -5
^ Couldn't you also say that it implies their ages? Like Miss for someone who is younger and Ms. for someone who is older, both unmarried?
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Post by celaeno on Jul 16, 2013 10:48:26 GMT -5
A lot of book protesters are those backwoodsy, Duggar-family types that are disconnected from the rest of the world, and I'm surprised that the book seemed like it was trying to reference that. Claudia makes fun of their clothes, someone says their pamphlets look like they were printed on a mimeograph, and they say they had previously done a protest in North Carolina (stereotypically a backwards state).
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Post by valuemeal2 on Sept 12, 2013 16:06:47 GMT -5
^Technically speaking, Miss is for an unmarried woman, Mrs. is for a married woman who has taken her husband's last name, and Ms. is all-encompassing and is also for women who do not wish to divulge their marital status, are divorced/widowed, or do not take their husbands' last name. I learned this recently, because I did not take my husband's name when I got married last year, and now I'm resigned to being a Ms. Haha.
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Post by supprazz on Sept 12, 2013 16:28:01 GMT -5
I like to think of Ms. as an inclusive and umbrella term. Isn't it oppressive enough that all men are Mr. and women have to be divided?
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Post by Amalia on Sept 12, 2013 19:53:12 GMT -5
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Post by greer on Sept 13, 2013 12:52:23 GMT -5
I think it's to show how old-fashioned the other librarian is.
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Post by Amalia on Sept 14, 2013 1:05:01 GMT -5
I think it's to show how old-fashioned the other librarian is. Hmmm, in that case, I like how it gives each librarian a different character. Subtle.
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Post by shannon86 on Mar 5, 2014 19:10:42 GMT -5
After reading this for the very first time in French-Quebec, I love it! Love the fact that Shannon has a chapter in it and found it interesting that her handwriting is different from her original Scholastic's handwriting.
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Post by wenonah4th on Jun 10, 2015 6:52:43 GMT -5
I hardly find the distinction oppressive! When a woman uses "Ms." for herself, it's her choice (which she needs to make known because it's not the old custom.) I've known very few women who use it, the only one coming to mind being our third-grade teacher who was probably well over 50 when I was in her class in the 1990-1991 school year!
(additionally, if you happen to be addressing someone in a business, etc, setting, in writing, and you've no idea if the woman's married, then "Dear Ms. Conroy" is appropriate.)
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Post by greer on Jun 11, 2015 15:57:10 GMT -5
I wouldn't use "Miss" for anyone over 18. I use Ms.
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Post by wenonah4th on Jun 15, 2015 10:07:34 GMT -5
Regardless of how she prefers herself?
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