In Reply to: barry_beergoat with a name like posted by banana_pancake on Sunday, 21. June 2009 at 15:24 Bali Time:
women on this Forum are called " The Missus". I assume that this is actually their first name.
Not being Australian myself, I can only assume that this is a form of the Southern USA habit of giving girls double barralled names like Sue Ann or Mary Lou etc.
I have this idea that perhaps Barry's wife's parents had pretentions and presumed that they would send her to a privite school.They probably did.
Accordingly she got a triple banger- The Ex Missus - to show they had a working knowledge of Latin.
Perhaps this question could be put to bed by teacher Forumites who can advise how many girls, particulary in private schools, are named "The Missus", "Missus" or indeed "The Ex Missus."
Missus could in fact well be a declention of Latin ( I forget which number)which shows that the parents were actually classicly taught.
To give Barry a hard time because of his In Law's choice of names for their daughter is not only unkind but unfair, particularily as this is a Forum.
Barry's In Law's would understand the meaning of Forum and perhaps it's high time you Googled it for a defination so you you too understand that it is a place where freedom of speech prevails.