Jensen Huang Said to Have Had Relationship with Nvidia Executive

Re:Jensen Huang Said to Have Had Relationship with Nvidia Ex... by Chinjut on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @10:57PM (#50462912)

You've never seen Ms. before? This isn't some 2020s invention. My high school teachers went by Ms. in the nineties. Ms. Magazine is from 1972.

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Re:Jensen Huang Said to Have Had Relationship with Nvidia Ex... by nonethewiser on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @11:23PM (#50463058)

For married women no. Where did you go to high school?

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Re:Jensen Huang Said to Have Had Relationship with Nvidia Ex... by marcianx on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @11:48PM (#50463173)

Yes, for married women.

Miss indicated that a woman was unmarried. Mrs indicated that she was. Ms was added to behave like Mr in that it doesn't indicate marital status.

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Re:Jensen Huang Said to Have Had Relationship with Nvidia Ex... by t-3 on Thursday November 12, 2026 @04:06AM (#50464771)

Isn't Ms just a contraction of Miss? I've never heard of a distinction between the two.

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Re:Jensen Huang Said to Have Had Relationship with Nvidia Ex... by ethbr1 on Thursday November 12, 2026 @04:20AM (#50464887)

They're distinct in American English.

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Re:Jensen Huang Said to Have Had Relationship with Nvidia Ex... by t-3 on Thursday November 12, 2026 @06:07AM (#50465580)

Is it a regional thing? I've lived in the Midwest mostly and never heard of this.

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Re:Jensen Huang Said to Have Had Relationship with Nvidia Ex... by zarzavat on Thursday November 12, 2026 @07:06AM (#50465992)

I don't think so. In the UK the default is also Ms unless a preference has been expressed for Miss/Mrs.

Especially in a business context, it would be unprofessional to ask if a woman is married or not merely for determining which title to use. Unless you want to have an affair with her, of course.

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Re:Jensen Huang Said to Have Had Relationship with Nvidia Ex... by t-3 on Thursday November 12, 2026 @07:38AM (#50466286)

I've always used Miss as the default when I don't know. Maybe everyone else has been using Mizz and I just didn't hear the difference.

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Re:Jensen Huang Said to Have Had Relationship with Nvidia Ex... by rafram on Thursday November 12, 2026 @04:57AM (#50465150)

No, there is no contraction of Miss and no expansion of Ms. (which is pronounced “mizz”).

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Re:Jensen Huang Said to Have Had Relationship with Nvidia Ex... by everdrive on Thursday November 12, 2026 @09:36AM (#50467981)

Does it stand for something? Just it stand for Mizz?

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Re:Jensen Huang Said to Have Had Relationship with Nvidia Ex... by lazyasciiart on Thursday November 12, 2026 @12:41AM (#50463489)

It was invented to hide the distinction between married and single women. How do you know all the women you’ve met as Ms X are single?

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Re:Jensen Huang Said to Have Had Relationship with Nvidia Ex... by jrflowers on Thursday November 12, 2026 @01:55AM (#50463921)

What do you think the word invented means

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Re:Jensen Huang Said to Have Had Relationship with Nvidia Ex... by reverius42 on Thursday November 12, 2026 @05:25AM (#50465336)

Do you think words are naturally occurring?

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Re:Jensen Huang Said to Have Had Relationship with Nvidia Ex... by eps on Thursday November 12, 2026 @03:17AM (#50464427)

We were taught to use Mrs. unconditionally, and it was explained as a modern PC-rooted shift in formal written English. This was 30+ years ago.

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