We use that in letters, emails, etc but not typically speaking.
>I would use "Madam", but that may have something to do with my prior residency in Quebec.
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>>What is the equivalent of Ms (pronounced Miz) then? For when you are addressing a woman and you do not know if she is married or not?
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>>>>>>My son calls his English teacher Mrs. Macnow and his Hebrew teacher Morah Licht. <g>
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>>>>>So, is Morah a name or a title?
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>>>>Morah is a female teacher in Hebrew <g> And Moreh is a male teacher.
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>>>In Dutch we have different words for teachers and non-teachers:
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Male schoolteacher : meester
>>>Male person : meneer
>>>Female schoolteacher : juf
>>>Female person unmarried: juffrouw
>>>Female person married : mevrouw
>>>Lucky us.
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