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Cheque has miss on I'm ms can I cash it

Received a refund from local council but they put my name as miss xxxxxx xxxxxx instead of Ms which it has been for 15. years,  will the bank still accept it when I go to pay it in
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  • mwarby
    mwarby Posts: 2,053 Forumite
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    I think there’s a very good chance they will
  • SevenOfNine
    SevenOfNine Posts: 2,414 Forumite
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    Stick it in the automated paying in machine.
    Seen it all, done it all, can't remember most of it.
  • Old_Lifer
    Old_Lifer Posts: 780 Forumite
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    Surely if  the name is correct the title should not make any difference.
  • dj1471
    dj1471 Posts: 1,969 Forumite
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    Ms and Miss are the same unless you meant Mrs?
     As others have said the title isn’t important so long as the name is correct.
  • Yes my name is correct and I'm definitely a Ms, paid it in this morning and they didn't say anything but it's not showing up on mobile banking as yet,  unsure if it only shows when cleared,  fingers crossed,  thanks to everyone who replied 
  • Yes more words to fill 
    With love, POSR <3
  • mwarby
    mwarby Posts: 2,053 Forumite
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    dj1471 said:
    Ms and Miss are the same unless you meant Mrs?
     As others have said the title isn’t important so long as the name is correct.
    I think Miss implies your single, Mrs married and Ms is Dint’t know (on part of writer who doesn’t know status or preferred title)wouldn’t say/none of your business 
  • eskbanker
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    mwarby said:
    dj1471 said:
    Ms and Miss are the same unless you meant Mrs?
     As others have said the title isn’t important so long as the name is correct.
    I think Miss implies your single, Mrs married and Ms is Dint’t know (on part of writer who doesn’t know status or preferred title)wouldn’t say/none of your business 
    Ms effectively means "why should women (unlike men) be defined by marital status, which is a bizarre patriarchal anachronism?"
  • mgdavid
    mgdavid Posts: 6,710 Forumite
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    eskbanker said:
    ............ which is a bizarre patriarchal anachronism?"
    a.k.a. a centuries-old tradition
    The questions that get the best answers are the questions that give most detail....
  • MalMonroe
    MalMonroe Posts: 5,783 Forumite
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    "I think Miss implies your single, Mrs married and Ms is Dint’t know (on part of writer who doesn’t know status or preferred title)wouldn’t say/none of your business"
    First of all, it's YOU'RE. Secondly, Ms can refer to any woman, regardless of marital or any other status and thirdly, just . go away.
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