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Originally posted by shawcutie@Jul 7 2003, 11:53 AM
hahaha
Learn to spell!
Sorry Forest, but you asked for it
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For the record:
from Merriam-Webster:
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary
One entry found for missus.
Main Entry: mis·sus
Variant(s): or mis·sis /'mi-s&z, -s&s, esp Southern -z&z/
Function: noun
Etymology: alteration of mistress
Date: 1790
1 dialect : MISTRESS 1a
2 : WIFE
From Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=missus
mis·sis or mis·sus ( P ) Pronunciation Key (msz, -s)
n. Informal
The mistress of a household.
Used as a term of reference by a man of his wife.
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Unless the comment was directed at some other word I didn't see.....