Dott/Dott.ssa
English translation: Mr/Ms
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| 08:40 Nov 30, 2009 |
| Italian to English translations [Non-PRO] Social Sciences - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Ivana UK United Kingdom Local time: 22:12 | ||||||
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| 5 +10 | Mr/Ms |
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| 5 | DOtt/Dott.ssa in italics |
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peer agreement (net): +10
peer agreement (net): +10Mr/Ms Explanation: Never use Mrs or Miss unless you're sure that the person is married or single. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 15 mins (2009-11-30 08:55:29 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- The Times (UK) states in its style guide that: "Ms is nowadays fully acceptable when a woman wants to be called thus, or when it is not known for certain if she is Mrs or Miss"[17]. The Guardian, which restricts its use of honorific titles to leading articles, states in its style guide: "use Ms for women... unless they have expressed a preference for Miss or Mrs". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ms.#British -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 16 mins (2009-11-30 08:56:46 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- (unless of course they are actually medical doctors or hold a PhD) |
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