This is a pretty trivial matter, but since it is being discused, might as well get it rightđ
Interesting that you say MISSUS is the preferred form of the abbreviation âMrs.â. Please provide your reference source. Missis and Missus are two different words with different uses: missis is the prefix, missus is a stand-alone slang noun. Missus is used by itself in an inform reference to a manâs spouse. âMe and the missus are going outâ. It is not the prefix in addressing a woman by name. âMrs Delfin, isnât hereâ... the predix is written out as âMissis Delfinâ. âMrs., first recorded in the early 17th century, was originally, like Miss, an abbreviation of mistress.Mrs. and mistress were at first used interchangeably in all contexts, but by the second half of that century, the written form of the abbreviation was largely confined to use as a title preceding a woman's surname. By the early 19th century, reduction of the medial consonant cluster had contracted the usual pronunciation of the title from [mis-tris] to [mis-is] or [mis-iz] . The contracted pronunciation used other than as a title was not considered standard, and today, locutions like Let me discuss it with the missis are perceived as old-fashioned. Currently, two main types of pronunciation for the abbreviation occur in the United States; [mis-iz] and sometimes [mis-is] are the common forms in the North and North Midland, while in the South Midland and South, the prevalent types are [miz-iz] and [miz] , the latter homophonous with the usual pronunciation of the abbreviation Ms.â. https://www.dictionary.com/browse/mrs > On Aug 27, 2019, at 9:55 PM, Jon Delfin <jondel...@gmail.com> wrote: > > "Mis-sus" is the accepted spelling/syllabification in music and in text. > There's also at least one movie title that uses it. It's not offensive (the > dictionary's reference to "dialect" is not prohibitive or damning). If > everyone refuses to accept a century of precedent, I have nothing further. > > On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 9:03 PM Christopher Smith < > christopher.sm...@videotron.ca> wrote: > >> In âMe and Mrs. Jonesâ the publisher spells it âmis-susâ, which I am not >> sure about. I would have spelled it as âmiss-esâ, since it is pronounced >> the same as âhits and missesâ with the last âsâ voiced (âzâ) and nobody has >> to question whether itâs actually unvoiced the way they would if you >> spelled it âmis-susâ. >> >> The Paul Simon music I have seen (Mrs. Robinson) is variously spelled >> âmis-susâ and âMrs._â with a slur over two notes, which I think is dead >> wrong. >> >> Christopher >> >>> On Aug 27, 2019, at 8:43 PM, Michael Edwards <mjedwa...@foxall.com.au> >> wrote: >>> >>> [ Robert Patterson: ] >>> >>>> FWIW (joking aside) my copy of Merriam Webster correctly identifies >>>> "missus" as dialect in one of the definitions, and I would rather avoid >>>> that implication. >>> >>> In that case, how would "Mr - s." go? But that might cause the >> singer to start pronouncing "Mister" - although surely as they got to know >> the line they would realize it's not that, so it shouldn't be an issue. >> (Nothing seems truly satisfactory.) Maybe "mis-sus" or "miss-us" in >> parentheses underneath the "Mr - s." would look like a pronunciation >> guide rather than dialect. >>> Or, alternatively, "Mrs. -" (the hyphen acting as a syllable >> extension and going under the second note). That wouldn't need the >> pronunciation guide underneath in parentheses. >>> >>> Michael Edwards. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Finale mailing list >>> Finale@shsu.edu >>> https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >>> >>> To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >>> finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> Finale@shsu.edu >> https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> >> To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >> finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu
