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[User22]

Originally Posted by jung_adore_ALIZEE

Misses would be Madam not Mademoiselle, which of course would be Miss.

Ahh I see, thanks for enlightening a noob

[Jess]

Originally Posted by jung_adore_ALIZEE

Here I'll spell it out for your ass so you can realize

Misses would be Madam not Mademoiselle, which of course would be Miss.

Regards,

Jung

No, let me spell it our for your ass...

misses is the plural for miss, the equivalent to "mesdemoiselles" in French (mlles).

Mesdemoiselles |ˈmādəm(w)əˌzel; ˈmādˌmwäˌzel| |ˈˈmeɪdəm(w)əˈˈzɛl| |ˈˈmeɪdˈmwɑˈˈzɛl| |meɪd-| |med-| plural form of Mademoiselle.

Originally Posted by jung_adore_ALIZEE

It would probably be best that you do not speak of which you do not know.

I'm going to apply your own quote here Jung he he he ;-)

[jung_adore_ALIZEE]

I will concede that it can be used in such a sense, but it is also used for a married woman (which I've seen it used more for than the plural miss).

Regards,

Jung

[Jess]

Originally Posted by jung_adore_ALIZEE

I will concede that it can be used in such a sense, but it is also used for a married woman (which I've seen it used more for than the plural miss).

Regards,

Jung

I think maybe you're thinking of missus or missis (mrs)...

missus |ˈmisəz; -əs| (also missis)
noun [in sing. ] informal or humorous
a man's wife : I promised the missus I'd be home by eleven.
• informal used as a form of address to a woman whose name is not known

[jung_adore_ALIZEE]

or I'm thinking of this directly here....

""Misses" has been used but is ambiguous as this is also used as a plural for "Miss"."

Regards,

Jung

[Deepwaters]

Or he might just be spelling it phonetically -- "Mrs." is prounounced "Misses" or "Missus" or sometimes "Mizzes."

In reality, though, "Mrs." is an abbreviation for "Mistress." Now this, if the translation held, would give "Madame" overtones of bondage, which could be why Alizée rejects the term for herself. Or, perhaps, reserves it for private use only. One never knows.

(Just kidding here, of course. "Mistress" in French is actually "Maitresse," not "Madame.")

[Jess]

Originally Posted by jung_adore_ALIZEE

or I'm thinking of this directly here....

""Misses" has been used but is ambiguous as this is also used as a plural for "Miss"."

Regards,

Jung

That's because misses is also used as a range of standard women sizes, between 8 to 20 I think... he he

Originally Posted by Deepwaters

Or he might just be spelling it phonetically -- "Mrs." is prounounced "Misses" or "Missus" or sometimes "Mizzes."

I think you could be right, in which case it's understandable. I just didn't like the way he corrected Aaronius.