Yes but it did come, and took place as the common usage. So much so that Ms. Is used to describe a woman both with and without reference to marital status.
I’m down with using Mrs. not to refer to marital status but imo just going with Ms. Is clearer and easier because of how deeply associated Mrs. Is with it.
How do you pronounce “Mrs” so that there’s an “r” sound in it?
I don’t, but it’s abbreviated with one.
“His property”
Otherwise it’s just Ms.
Mrs. originally comes from mistress, which is why it retains the r.
Yes but from same source also wife
That came later though, as in “I had dinner with the Mrs last night.”
Yes but it did come, and took place as the common usage. So much so that Ms. Is used to describe a woman both with and without reference to marital status.
I’m down with using Mrs. not to refer to marital status but imo just going with Ms. Is clearer and easier because of how deeply associated Mrs. Is with it.
That’s up to you, I much prefer Mrs. Ms. feels somehow condescending to me.
But no “r” sound.
Correct. I didn’t say there was an r sound, but that it was going off of the spelling. I agree there’s no r sound.