"Obsolete," but still in use

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

>
> I remember "Miss [woman's first name]" as the standard way of
> formally addressing or referring to a woman, whether black or
> white, down home in Texas. I think that this locution is /
> was also used by Southern whites, though not when speaking to
> or of black women, of course.
>

Thirty years ago in Middle Tennessee, such usage was not uncommon to
this white boy.

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