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Offline Miss Demeanour

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Euro chiefs ban titles of 'Miss' and 'Mrs'
« on: March 16, 2009, 10:00:22 AM »
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/4995787/Euro-chiefs-ban-Miss-and-Mrs.html

The politically correct rules also mean a ban on Continental titles, such as Madame and Mademoiselle, Frau and Fraulein and Senora and Senorita.
Guidance issued in a new 'Gender-Neutral Language' pamphlet instead orders politicians to address female members by their full name only.

Ok the EU are a bunch of over paid, under worked, ineffective twats

However why is this so bloody complicated......you are either male or female. The whole minefield about how you address a woman is so over the top now. Simplify the whole issue. It should not matter whether a woman is married or single,  use the one term   (  like you would do for Mr so and so ) . This unfortunately only leaves the option of Ms -  and take away the  inferences from this that by choosing this option you are some ardent feminist or lesbian  evil:

Likewise when filling in forms why the feck does it matter if you are single, married, divorced, separated etc - what the feck is that information used for if you are applying for something in the singular  cussing:



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Offline Bar Wench

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Re: Euro chiefs ban titles of 'Miss' and 'Mrs'
« Reply #1 on: March 16, 2009, 10:06:28 AM »
I hate being Ms it reminds me of hairy legged lesbians.
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Re: Euro chiefs ban titles of 'Miss' and 'Mrs'
« Reply #2 on: March 16, 2009, 10:07:24 AM »
 shutup:
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Re: Euro chiefs ban titles of 'Miss' and 'Mrs'
« Reply #3 on: March 16, 2009, 10:13:55 AM »
 shutup: shutup: shutup:
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Re: Euro chiefs ban titles of 'Miss' and 'Mrs'
« Reply #4 on: March 16, 2009, 10:16:19 AM »
 shutup: shutup: shutup: shutup:
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Re: Euro chiefs ban titles of 'Miss' and 'Mrs'
« Reply #5 on: March 16, 2009, 10:17:50 AM »
Quote from: Bar Wench on March 16, 2009, 10:06:28 AM
I hate being Ms it reminds me of hairy legged lesbians.

From your younger, more experimental days I presume?  whistle:

(cowards, the lot of you)
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Offline Miss Demeanour

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Re: Euro chiefs ban titles of 'Miss' and 'Mrs'
« Reply #6 on: March 16, 2009, 10:20:09 AM »
 lol: lol: lol:

Maybe we need a new name then rather than Ms , which no one seems to like  Shrugs:
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Re: Euro chiefs ban titles of 'Miss' and 'Mrs'
« Reply #7 on: March 16, 2009, 10:21:47 AM »
Mistress?
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Re: Euro chiefs ban titles of 'Miss' and 'Mrs'
« Reply #8 on: March 16, 2009, 10:23:30 AM »
Quote from: Miss Demeanor on March 16, 2009, 10:00:22 AM
Ok the EU are a bunch of over paid, under worked, ineffective twats

Don't mince your words Miss D, tell us how you really feel.  lol:
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Re: Euro chiefs ban titles of 'Miss' and 'Mrs'
« Reply #9 on: March 16, 2009, 10:24:47 AM »
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Re: Euro chiefs ban titles of 'Miss' and 'Mrs'
« Reply #10 on: March 16, 2009, 10:29:27 AM »
I was being serious ~ in days of yore Mistress was the title applied to any "womoan" over a certain marriagable age. Mrs is simply a contraction of that.

But although I heard this on the BBC news this morning I detect the hand of the Daily (Hate)Mail in the reportage.
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Re: Euro chiefs ban titles of 'Miss' and 'Mrs'
« Reply #11 on: March 16, 2009, 10:35:50 AM »
But the problem with the term 'Mistress' is that it also has either  illicit or dominatrix associations   rubschin:

Did I say problem  whacky115

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Re: Euro chiefs ban tit
« Reply #12 on: March 16, 2009, 10:37:07 AM »
The abbreviated title of this thread on the VP 'come inside' page is: "Euro chiefs ban tit" .  eeek:

I am pleased to see it is just about titles for the fair sex.

Do the French have to ban Mme, Mlle etc as well? 
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Re: Euro chiefs ban titles of 'Miss' and 'Mrs'
« Reply #13 on: March 16, 2009, 10:39:31 AM »
Apparently yes DS ~ all gender references are to be removed  ::)


The fecking world is going to hell in a handcart and the EU decide that calling someone Fanny is better than calling her Mrs Blank
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Re: Euro chiefs ban titles of 'Miss' and 'Mrs'
« Reply #14 on: March 16, 2009, 10:40:56 AM »
A useful distraction from the corruption and economic crisis methinks....  cussing:
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