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Art/Literary - Accounting | | English term or phrase: Mr. | | At which age can a person obtain the title of Mr. or Miss.? What is the title for a boy, a girl and a just-born baby in English? In my previous question, they say 'master' is used for a male baby. How come I never heard of it and it can't be found in dictionary? |
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Dear Adda, what is true for one country/culture may not be true in another country/culture. For example, it seems from your question that there are strict rules regarding titles for people of different ages in your country. This isn't quite the case in the United States or in Britain, as far as I know (speaking as an American).
It's quite possible that a young person in his teens would be addressed as Mr. in a preparatory school in the US. But there is no legal age when a male receives the title Mr. In official documents, it's possible that a male boy could be referred to as master. My grandfather always addressed letters to me when I was a boy as Master Kim Metzger. The same applies to females, ie. Miss vs. Ms. or Mrs. I dont' know why you never heard of it. But you can find master in most English dictionaries. Merriam Webster's - master: a youth or boy too young to be called mister. |
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Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 14:44
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master:
3 a (1) archaic : MR. (2) : a youth or boy too young to be called mister -- used as a title b : the eldest son of a Scottish viscount or baron
(Webster´s dictionary). It is definitely old fashioned, was used mainly in noble families when the servants had to address the sons of the family. For a girl it is always Miss or, in a familiar and informal way, missy.
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Explanation:
Dear Adda, what is true for one country/culture may not be true in another country/culture. For example, it seems from your question that there are strict rules regarding titles for people of different ages in your country. This isn't quite the case in the United States or in Britain, as far as I know (speaking as an American).
It's quite possible that a young person in his teens would be addressed as Mr. in a preparatory school in the US. But there is no legal age when a male receives the title Mr. In official documents, it's possible that a male boy could be referred to as master. My grandfather always addressed letters to me when I was a boy as Master Kim Metzger. The same applies to females, ie. Miss vs. Ms. or Mrs. I dont' know why you never heard of it. But you can find master in most English dictionaries. Merriam Webster's - master: a youth or boy too young to be called mister.
| Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 14:44
Native speaker of:  English
PRO pts in category: 12
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The translation workplace 
