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What is the number one definition of mistress in the dictionary? "mistress"
在字典里的第一個解釋是什么
No no no no
不不不,不是你們認為的那個意思
Person who runs the household
而是掌管一個家的人,女主人
It's the number one meaning
這才是它的最初的含義
Miss, you know this is kind of curious to me
至于關于Ms 這個稱呼,我對此很好奇
because you know whether you lease a car for university
因為假設你向大學租借一輛汽車
always looking for ways to save money in certain way
你總是會想盡一切辦法省錢
and all that little ink you use to print those little dots
但是打印或者在信件上寫下Ms的小點時
and on your mailings with Miss cause money
那些油墨和墨水都會增加開銷
Is Miss an old term? Ms
是個很古老的詞么
Maybe old to you
或許對你們來說有歷史了
Hundred years old?
一百年的歷史
Thirty years old?
三十年的歷史
Have any idea?
有誰知道
Yeah, that's real close
對,那很接近了
Actually, it was developed in the nineteen fifties
這個稱謂是在20世紀50年代出現的
so you're right on, by professional secretaries in New York City
你答對了,是紐約的秘書最初使用的
who allow more single and they want something to refer to themselves other than as Miss which is not an abbreviation
這些職業女性對單身現象很包容,她們想要一個自己獨有的特殊的稱謂,一個不像Miss那樣的非縮寫的稱呼
so no period
所以沒有點的Ms應運而生
And so they started using Miss no period
于是她們開始使用沒有點的Ms
'cause what is it it's not an abbreviation
因為它不是一個縮寫
It doesn't stand for anything
所以它沒有任何實際的含義
It's a manufactured form
這完全是一個人造的形式
If we go back to the original Miss magazines, no period
翻看最初的女性雜志 Ms后面是沒有點的
But what happens and a friend of mine who's now a retire,
后來我跟一個退休的朋友討論這個問題
he used to teach history in the English language course
他曾在英語課程中教授歷史
we get in the discussion he said "Larry you're right
我們討論時他說
but you're never gonna win this one " "Larry
其實你是對的,但你不會贏"
Why we have a period we use a period after mister,
為什么我們要在Mr后面加一個點
we use a period after Missis,
為什么我們要在Ms后面加一個點
so people are just too stupid or lazy to keep it straight
因為人們只是太笨或太懶而不念全稱
that we don't use a period after Miss so now you use it, and so we give up
我們以前不用這個點而你們現在都用了,所以我們只好放棄了用這個點
Chivalry, Chivalrous the promise that we go
那下面我們接著談之前說的騎士精神
from chivalry to chivalrous, chivalrous, R-O-U-S "Chivalrous"
源自"Chivalry"騎士精神這個詞
characteristic of the ideal knight of a Feudal and Renaissance times
它是封建時期和文藝復興時期一個稱職的騎士的特點
according to the modern Romantic tradition
還有現代浪漫主義傳統
and a lot of staff we think of this whole period
這整個時期讓我們想到的很多東西
really is influenced by the Romantic tradition
其實都深受浪漫主義傳統影響
