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« on: January 27, 2009, 12:22:03 AM »

Did you refer to all of your female teachers as "Miss (last name)", or did you refer to certain teachers as "Mrs. (last name)" or some other prefix?
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« Reply #1 on: January 27, 2009, 12:30:04 AM »

I call most of my female teachers by their first name - much to their annoyment and much to my amusement.
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« Reply #2 on: January 27, 2009, 12:33:32 AM »

     Depends on what they preferred.
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« Reply #3 on: January 27, 2009, 12:39:59 AM »

Did you refer to all of your female teachers as "Miss (last name)", or did you refer to certain teachers as "Mrs. (last name)" or some other prefix?

nope.

I call most of my female teachers by their first name - much to their annoyment and much to my amusement.

lol
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« Reply #4 on: January 27, 2009, 12:44:57 AM »

I called the single ones Miss and the married ones Mrs., (in other words, whatever the hell they told us to call them on the first day of class).  There is no other way to do it.
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« Reply #5 on: January 27, 2009, 12:59:47 AM »

I think they were all Mrs.

My middle school principle was Ms.

Of course the unmarried ones were Miss.

We called my German teacher "Frau"
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« Reply #6 on: January 27, 2009, 01:17:41 AM »

In grammar school, it was always "Ms." or "Mrs." depending on if they were married, naturally.  But I suppose when spoken most kids would say "Ms. Valentino" rather than "Mrs. Valentino" out of laziness.  Nuns were always simply "Sister".

In high school, it was the same, with a few exceptions.  Father Mascietto was "Father Mosh".  Brother O'Connell was "O.C."  And Brother Wright (my French teacher) was "Frere". 
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« Reply #7 on: January 27, 2009, 01:20:56 AM »

I usually called them Ms. ____

To think of it, I hardly had any male teachers. Tongue
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« Reply #8 on: January 27, 2009, 01:24:41 AM »

In grammar school, it was always "Ms." or "Mrs." depending on if they were married, naturally.  But I suppose when spoken most kids would say "Ms. Valentino" rather than "Mrs. Valentino" out of laziness.  Nuns were always simply "Sister".

In high school, it was the same, with a few exceptions.  Father Mascietto was "Father Mosh".  Brother O'Connell was "O.C."  And Brother Wright (my French teacher) was "Frere". 

Out of curiosity, where did you go? Farrell, Moore, St Joseph?
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« Reply #9 on: January 27, 2009, 01:37:11 AM »

Mrs. for the married, Miss for the unmarried... there was this one divorced fifth grade teacher who was a Ms.

First names at the middle school I went to... that was kind of fun.

Then back to the prior convention for high school.
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« Reply #10 on: January 27, 2009, 07:49:37 AM »

I call most of my female teachers by their first name - much to their annoyment and much to my amusement.

really?

I couldn't bring myself to do that.
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« Reply #11 on: January 27, 2009, 07:53:39 AM »

Monsieur and madame.
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« Reply #12 on: January 27, 2009, 07:57:53 AM »

Mrs. (Madame in French, o/c) except in Grade 7 math IIRC. We called the teacher Miss and she would scold us for calling her "Mrs.". She was peculiar, rather.
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« Reply #13 on: January 27, 2009, 09:50:06 AM »

In primary school, I had two Helens, a Gwen, a Judith, two Sues and a Joe; from then it was Mr. or Ms., unless specifically instructed to use something wlse (Mrs., Dr., Sgt.)
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« Reply #14 on: January 27, 2009, 09:59:46 AM »

I called the single ones Miss and the married ones Mrs., (in other words, whatever the hell they told us to call them on the first day of class).  There is no other way to do it.

Pretty much.
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« Reply #15 on: January 27, 2009, 10:53:52 AM »

I called the single ones Miss and the married ones Mrs., (in other words, whatever the hell they told us to call them on the first day of class).  There is no other way to do it.

Pretty much.

I did the same, and extended the practice into college, as well.

I was too shy as a kid to do anything out of the ordinary and call them by their first name.  I was one of the few "play-by-the-rules" kids.

I actually had a good mixture of men and women teachers.
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« Reply #16 on: January 27, 2009, 12:01:30 PM »

In grammar school, it was always "Ms." or "Mrs." depending on if they were married, naturally.  But I suppose when spoken most kids would say "Ms. Valentino" rather than "Mrs. Valentino" out of laziness.  Nuns were always simply "Sister".

In high school, it was the same, with a few exceptions.  Father Mascietto was "Father Mosh".  Brother O'Connell was "O.C."  And Brother Wright (my French teacher) was "Frere". 

Out of curiosity, where did you go? Farrell, Moore, St Joseph?


Monsignor Farrell.  You from Staten Island?
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« Reply #17 on: January 27, 2009, 02:45:25 PM »

always Miss/Ms. (is there really a difference in pronunciation?  I dont make one...), regardless of martial status
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« Reply #18 on: January 27, 2009, 03:00:04 PM »

I call my female teachers Miss, because I'm too lazy to pronounce the Mrs, except for my health teacher, who I only call by her last name.  I usually call my male teachers Mr., but sometimes I just use the last name, or occasionally the first name.
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« Reply #19 on: January 27, 2009, 03:04:19 PM »

We used to call them only "Frau/Herr Lehrer" in middle school and "Frau/Herr Professor" in high school, without their real names.
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« Reply #20 on: January 27, 2009, 04:19:24 PM »

Varied depending on their marital status/how they introduced themselves. So, yes, I did use "Mrs." Mrs. Scanlan, Mrs. Meeks, Miss Coffey, etc.
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« Reply #21 on: January 27, 2009, 05:20:44 PM »

Either Miss. or Ms.  Ms. is great when you're not sure whether they're married or not and it's easier to say. Smiley

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« Reply #22 on: January 27, 2009, 08:13:43 PM »

I always used Ms. Always, and so did everyone else.

But for male teachers, I'd come up with humorous prefixes to refer to them as, like "Lieutenant", "High Chief", "Chancellor", "Earl", "Serfmaster", "Archbishop", etc.
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« Reply #23 on: January 27, 2009, 09:53:30 PM »

I only pronounce Miss, because pronouncing the rest is not something I'm not lazy enough to do.

We called my German teacher "Frau" though, without the last name.
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« Reply #24 on: January 27, 2009, 10:03:56 PM »

Whatever they referred to themselves as--some of each.

As an adult, I use Ms. (unless it's first name, Dr., etc.) even if I know the marital status, unless the woman explicitly prefers otherwise, since I don't believe that women should be judged by their marital status.
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