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Re: Trying to sort out the Miss/Mrs/Ms conundrum.
Personally I'm Baron MyRealNameToo with one firm because they had 100+ different titles to chose from in a drop down and I got bored scrolling through them when I got to the Bs - they had UK and…4 -
Re: Trying to sort out the Miss/Mrs/Ms conundrum.
I think Miss, Mrs, Ms are actually all abbreviations for the same word, Mistress. Personally I’m a Ms, though following the spat over Jill Biden’s use of Dr, I now often make a point of being Dr (aca…3 -
Re: Trying to sort out the Miss/Mrs/Ms conundrum.
Don't think use of Mx is quite as unusual as your experience suggests, there's a few users among my metropolitan liberal elite acquaintances. Random selection of bank account application pa…1 -
Re: Trying to sort out the Miss/Mrs/Ms conundrum.
In France, all adult women over a certain age are called Madame. Mademoiselle is only for younger women, although marriage would turn them into a Madame, they would become one anyway at some point/ag…5 -
Re: Trying to sort out the Miss/Mrs/Ms conundrum.
If a financial company thinks you are changing the name on your account they are under a Financial Services obligation to validate the name and account holder under money laundering laws… so even tho…2 -
Re: Trying to sort out the Miss/Mrs/Ms conundrum.
Originally in English there were 2 titles - Mister, Mistress. Then to distinguish younger males from older the title Master was added. Then to distinguish younger females from older the title Mistres…2 -
Re: 15 / 30 hours free childcare calculation
They cannot charge you top up fees over the funded payment but they can charge for extras , such as nappies, meals, snacks , trips our etc. These are voluntary payments and you could supply your own …2 -
Re: Selling/Posting ornaments (pottery, glass)
“That’s the way to do it” as Mr Punch says 😹. I collect Portmeirion china and bought a lovely little vase on eBay. When it arrived it was in quite a big box and the packaging was a work of art. Laye…2 -
Re: The Top Regular Savers Discussion Thread
If I was also put in a queue it must have been a very short queue, and I seem to have been given a duplicate account too!5 -
Re: LPA
Just be aware that next to kin has no legal meaning. Hospitals like it (and often misunderstand it) because it means they have a point of contact, but next of kin cannot make any decisions for anyone…1
