Languages

Ms: The honorific with unintended meaning

And it may not be a meaning that applies to you or any way related to why you choose to be a Ms.

Ms has attracted such a range of meaning that even the editor of the Macquarie Dictionary, Sue Butler, feels that it may be time to update its entry.

Ms is older than you think

The honorific title for a woman — which, like its male equivalent Mr, was meant to give no clue as to an individual's marital status — has been traced back to the early 20th century.

Tru ia ? Babel i no kolaps blong evriwan?

Be from wanem i stap olsem ? From wanem everiwan i no toktok Bislama nomo ?

« Apu blong mi hemi bin talem storian blong Lilisepsep , be mi no kasem evrisamting from mi no save stret lanwis» Pikinini blong tedei i mas lanem fulap lanwis.

Taem we pikinini i stap long skul hemi mas lanem franis o inglis , samtaem tugeta,  wetem fren blong hem o taem we hemi go long sto, hemi mas toktok Bislama, be taem we hemi stap long haos hemi mas toktok lanwis wetem famili blong hem.

Be from wanem, evriwan i stap toktok lanwis ?