Re: Question about Mahjongg Variety Pack

"Julian Bradfield" <jcb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
> Does the U.S. use "Miss" for a woman of unknown or unspecified marital
> status?

No, but Miss is a specifically non-male pronoun.

> I thought that "Ms" was an American invention!

Could be. I don't know what country Ms. comes from - could well be the
U.S. 
I first heard it in the seventies, I think - an early harbinger of 
"political correctness"

Cheers,
Tom