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A Language Log post about nonbinary honorifics and the etymology of Miss and Missus (from Latin Magistra "mistress" not Latin Magus and its Old Iranian relatives) lead me to this essay on how the connotations of each term have changed since the 18th century cam.ac.uk/research/news/mistre… #philology #linguistics

Mistress, Miss, Mrs or Ms: untangling the shifting history of titles

In a paper published in the autumn 2014 issue of History Workshop Journal Dr Amy Erickson unravels the fascinating history of the titles used to address women.
University of Cambridge
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in reply to bookandswordblog

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Interesting to know that the convention of changing a woman's surname in marriage was specific to the UK. Of course I knew it was not practice here in Spain, but I thought other countries in Europe did the same as well.
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