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- noun Spoken form of
Ms
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Examples
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Humeston (Iowa) New Era commented on it a few weeks later, he understood the "mizz" pronunciation but still wondered what
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As for the pronunciation, "mizz" was recommended as "a close parallel to the practice long universal in many bucolic regions, where a slurred Mis 'does duty for Miss and Mrs alike."
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Steinem and her colleagues at Ms. Magazine did eventually fix on the "mizz" pronunciation as the primary one, as did everyone else.
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Two days later, when feminists around the country protested in the Women's Strike for Equality, the "mizz" pronunciation got a boost in the media coverage.
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Steinem and her colleagues at Ms. Magazine did eventually fix on the "mizz" pronunciation as the primary one, as did everyone else.
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As for the pronunciation, "mizz" was recommended as "a close parallel to the practice long universal in many bucolic regions, where a slurred Mis 'does duty for Miss and Mrs alike."
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Humeston (Iowa) New Era commented on it a few weeks later, he understood the "mizz" pronunciation but still wondered what
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Still, the two pronunciations, "mizz" and "miss," had to battle it out for a few more years.
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Two days later, when feminists around the country protested in the Women's Strike for Equality, the "mizz" pronunciation received a boost in the media coverage.
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Still, the two pronunciations, "mizz" and "miss," had to battle it out for a few more years.
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