Titular Issues!

[Flying mermaid]

I thought Miss referred to a young child.

yes that's what I thought - maybe I should call her Ms

 

[blackcat20]

Re: QF "Seat Shifting"

Miss is unmarried versus Mrs who is married.

 

[MrJetset]

Re: QF "Seat Shifting"

Miss is unmarried versus Mrs who is married.

Except it's 2017 and those conventions are rather ancient. People have a tendency to refer to their children (minors) as Miss and Master on travel forums like FT.

 

[blackcat20]

Re: QF "Seat Shifting"

Except it's 2017 and those conventions are rather ancient. People have a tendency to refer to their children (minors) as Miss and Master on travel forums like FT.

It might be 2017 but I'd never use Mrs as an unmarried woman...

 

[Flying mermaid]

Re: QF "Seat Shifting"

Except it's 2017 and those conventions are rather ancient. People have a tendency to refer to their children (minors) as Miss and Master on travel forums like FT.

i can see where you are coming from but what do you call you child who is not a minor? I can't help it if I am old and so are my children . I seem to talk about my family a lot on here, because they are all FF, I am very involved in their lives and am often booking flights for them or requesting awards, or a few months ago getting advice when I booked Ms FM's honeymoon for her. The oldest girl (who is in her 30s), is easy - I moved her to Dr FM some years ago after she started working as a doctor. I can call Miss FM, Ms FM to indicate that she is not little, but what do I do with Master FM - I can't confuse him with Mr FM. I think he will have to stay the way he is and hopefully not confuse a future poster as to his age

 

[Pushka]

QF "Seat Shifting"

Except it's 2017 and those conventions are rather ancient. People have a tendency to refer to their children (minors) as Miss and Master on travel forums like FT.

I sometimes say MasterP here and my kids are 31 and 27!

 

[RichardMEL]

Re: QF "Seat Shifting"

Miss... Mrs....

and Ms is "None of your business what my relationship status is" (or possibly in facebook terms "It's complicated" )

When I don't know, or to be polite, I usually opt for "Ms"

I agree the old distinctions are less and less relevant today.

and I have no issue wih on forums calling offspring(not that I have any myself) "Master" or "Miss" even if they're >18 - it quickly denotes the relationship when age may well be irrelevant to the issue .. just an aside.

as for the seat swapping on CBR-SYD... could it be a case of the age old "weight and balance" thing of moving people around?

 

[Flying mermaid]

Re: QF "Seat Shifting"

Miss... Mrs....

and Ms is "None of your business what my relationship status is" (or possibly in facebook terms "It's complicated" )

When I don't know, or to be polite, I usually opt for "Ms"

I agree the old distinctions are less and less relevant today.

and I have no issue wih on forums calling offspring(not that I have any myself) "Master" or "Miss" even if they're >18 - it quickly denotes the relationship when age may well be irrelevant to the issue .. just an aside.

in the 80s I was pretty keen on Ms as I resented my marital status coming into my professional life. These days (and also being retired), I am quite keen on Mrs - if our marriage has happily survived nearly 36 years, I feel I should acknowledge it

as for the seat swapping on CBR-SYD... could it be a case of the age old "weight and balance" thing of moving people around?

possibly although it was a pretty full flight and they didn't seem to be reducing the number of people in the row I had selected, just randomly moving people in and out. There were a lot of discarded boarding passes next to the scanning machine, so who knows what they tried to do!

 

[blackcat20]

Re: QF "Seat Shifting"

I just stick with Dr, because my age/marital status really isnt anyone elses business...

 

[Moody]

Re: QF "Seat Shifting"

I just stick with Dr, because my age/marital status really isnt anyone elses business...

And yet you said "Miss is unmarried versus Mrs who is married." There's a word for that. In fact there are many words for that. Who wants to start with the letter "A"?

 

[blackcat20]

Re: QF "Seat Shifting"

And yet you said "Miss is unmarried versus Mrs who is married." There's a word for that. In fact there are many words for that. Who wants to start with the letter "A"?

That's is standard convention, but is rather discriminatory given there is no married/unmarried equivalent for men. Only women seem to be called by their marital status and I refuse to be so I use Dr (which I have earned). It really isn't that hard to understand.

 

[Moody]

Re: QF "Seat Shifting"

That's is standard convention, but is rather discriminatory given there is no married/unmarried equivalent for men. Only women seem to be called by their marital status and I refuse to be so I use Dr (which I have earned). It really isn't that hard to understand.

I am now officially confused. Are you endorsing or rejecting the Miss/Mrs convention? If the former .... then you had better be a real Doctor and not merely a Physician.

 

[Pushka]

Re: QF "Seat Shifting"

Blackcat20 is very much a 'real doctor' if by that you mean PhD.

 

[blackcat20]

Re: QF "Seat Shifting"

I am now officially confused. Are you endorsing or rejecting the Miss/Mrs convention? If the former .... then you had better be a real Doctor and not merely a Physician.

I'm saying that it is convention but that I reject it as I find it sexist. And yes I'm a 'real doctor'.

 

[mannej]

Re: QF "Seat Shifting"

I'm saying that it is convention but that I reject it as I find it sexist. And yes I'm a 'real doctor'.

Regardless of one's title, I fail to see the relevance to the topic.

 

[blackcat20]

Re: QF "Seat Shifting"

Regardless of one's title, I fail to see the relevance to the topic.

And I didn't start the discussion, just contributed

 

[Flying mermaid]

Re: QF "Seat Shifting"

And I didn't start the discussion, just contributed

probably my fault - I am a chronic offender when taking threads off topic. No doubt my age - we geriatrics have trouble concentrating

 

[blackcat20]

Re: QF "Seat Shifting"

probably my fault - I am a chronic offender when taking threads off topic. No doubt my age - we geriatrics have trouble concentrating

I'm easily led astray Though I have no idea why it was important as to what kind of Dr I am....

 

[JohnK]

Re: QF "Seat Shifting"

Doctor has become a very loose title that in my opinion should only be used by medical doctors. A PhD in Geology or Computer Science doesn't make you a doctor. Apologies Rooflyer if that is your title.

You can of course disagree with my opinion but luckily I am not a servant and only use 'Dr' to refer to real doctors. If I was in customer service I may not have a choice.

 

[blackcat20]

Re: QF "Seat Shifting"

Doctor has become a very loose title that in my opinion should only be used by medical doctors. A PhD in Geology or Computer Science doesn't make you a doctor. Apologies Rooflyer if that is your title.

You can of course disagree with my opinion but luckily I am not a servant and only use 'Dr' to refer to real doctors. If I was in customer service I may not have a choice.

Sorry but a PhD is a DOCTORATE so we get to be called Dr.