"Ms." is an abbreviation of the honorific “Mistress,” which was the respectable equivalent of “Mister,” to be used regardless of marital status.

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to the proper title for a married women who is ...

I had no input as to how big this shower has become, and being asked — no, told — to pay for it strikes me as inappropriate.

She decides, for whatever reason, to retain her maiden name. She is still deserving of the married honorific, is she not?

Miss Manners chooses to believe that you only made an unfortunate word choice, not that you believe that it is an honor for a ...

Miss Manners chooses to believe that you only made an unfortunate word choice, not that you believe that it is an honor for a lady to be married, and that the title “Mrs.” reflects that.

One bridesmaid says she didn't have any input on the shower's size and scope, why should she have to help fund it?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: All the bridesmaids for an upcoming wedding recently received a note from the bride’s mother stating that ...

Bridesmaids are supposedly chosen because they are the dearest people to the bride. Why, then, are they considered ...

Maple Leafs' Sid Smith on April 10, 1949 after having scored a hat trick in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final, and in the ...

Mystery novelist Martin Cruz Smith, known for such Arkady Renko thrillers as “Gorky Park,” has died at age 82. His publisher, ...

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