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Originally Posted by MysticCat
It doesn't work quite the same way as Miss First Name though. Miss First Name has always been a common way for a person of any age to refer to or address an older woman. (Miss, in this context by the way, has nothing to do with marital status. My grandmother and her sister, one married and one widowed, were widely known as Miss Mary and Miss Suzie 'til the day they died.) I have to say, though, that it is dying out.
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My mother was ALWAYS Miss Dixie to the people who worked for her. When I was first called Miss Honey by them, I knew that I had arrived!
In my perspective, the African-American community is much better at this. Maybe it's because I'm north of that nasty Mason-Dixon line, but I've known several lovely women who still stick religiously to Miss First Name. It just sounds so melodious.
LOL at the blue haired mafia!