Hello, nice to meet you, Murrrrrrr Smith, may I take your coat, Murrrrrr Smith? Hmm?? MURRR??
That’s how we’d sound if we pronounced “Mr.” as its own word. Kinda crazy, right?
But ever wonder why with women, we actually call them by the abbreviation instead of the whole word? Like, we actually read out “Mrs.” as “missiz” or “missus.” And what is the whole word anyway?? What is “Mrs.” short for??
I’ve heard people say it’s the possessive form of “Mister.” Like, “Mister’s.” (It’s not.)
And then we also have “Ms.” And again we just read it out with “miz.” What’s the whole word?? What’s going on?? Do we even know what we’re saying??