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Postby port » Mon Sep 13, 2010 11:03 am

Asian Santa Baby wrote:I use sir and ma'am a lot more than I should.


I called the guy cutting my wood at Home Depot "sir" last weekend and was promptly made fun of by another employee for it. I just can't help it.
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Postby trigross » Mon Sep 13, 2010 11:04 am

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lights wrote:I've gotten burned on both ends of the ms./ma'am spectrum, usually related to the term noting a lack of respect (ms) or that they aren't old (ma'am).

I still haven't found a way around it yet so I just default to ms. at all times.


how does miss note lack of respect?


I've gotten a response of "I'm not a little girl, I am a grown woman and you will address me with the respect that I deserve, SIR"

Luckily I've used the "I'm a Northerner so I'm not used to saying ms/ma'am and I do apologize" and have gotten away with it before.


really? i call strangers miss or even people i know that are married ms.x - i mean, it seems respectful...i dunno...and i'm a northerner. what are you supposed to say? ma'am? eh i dunno it just seems like a stupid thing to get angry over. i mean sweetheart, hun, etc. i can see, but miss? cmon
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Postby wendy » Mon Sep 13, 2010 11:05 am

andrei wrote:what about doctor

we should all start calling each other doctor; those douchebags who are like "i didn't go to four years of medical school for you to call me mister" would be so PISSED

professor's probably good, too


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Postby 7spelledout » Mon Sep 13, 2010 11:05 am

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nakedlunch wrote:what if I refer to a group of ladies as "skirts" or "broads" or "dames"


If you can sing a few bars of "Nothing Like a Dame" I'll allow this.


So maybe we should all just break out into appreciative song when addressing a skirt?
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Postby Spoilt Victorian Child » Mon Sep 13, 2010 11:07 am

Yeah is "miss" okay or what.

Right now I just say "Hey, uh..." and then sort of start communicating in semaphore.
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Postby speakers » Mon Sep 13, 2010 11:10 am

You can never go wrong calling a man sir, yet it's such a problem finding the female equivalent.
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Postby wendy » Mon Sep 13, 2010 11:12 am

Miss is fine most cases. I can't imagine a why a woman would be offended by 'miss' unless she's elderly, because then it might seem condescending. Unmarried women that are, I don't know, 35 or older should technically be referred to as Ms. or Ma'am rather than Miss.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ms.
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Postby loadletter » Mon Sep 13, 2010 11:16 am

speakers wrote:You can never go wrong calling a man sir


some guy pulled a knife on me and i addressed him as "sir" because i didn't know his name and he just got really angry about it
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Postby coop » Mon Sep 13, 2010 11:31 am

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Postby andrei » Mon Sep 13, 2010 11:36 am

Spoilt Victorian Child wrote:Right now I just say "Hey, uh..." and then sort of start communicating in semaphore.


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Postby Permafrost » Mon Sep 13, 2010 11:38 am

^what a sandy vag^

I call unfamiliar females 'lady' and they detest me accordingly
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Postby Gussie Fink-Nottle » Mon Sep 13, 2010 11:44 am

I'm just going to use 'my proud beauty' in all situations.
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Postby grammatron » Mon Sep 13, 2010 11:45 am

While we're on the subject, don't call a guy "big guy", I don't care if he is the size of an aquafina machine.
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Postby boa » Mon Sep 13, 2010 11:47 am

i say darling way too much
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Postby Gnarls » Mon Sep 13, 2010 11:51 am

I just call everyone 'Mom'
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Postby 7spelledout » Mon Sep 13, 2010 12:00 pm

grammatron wrote:While we're on the subject, don't call a guy "big guy", I don't care if he is the size of an aquafina machine.


Is "big lug" acceptable? perhaps "galoot"?
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Postby pantsoclock » Mon Sep 13, 2010 12:12 pm

Knew a girl once who was really into "tiger" being used to refer to both her and others.
I sometimes slip in sweetie or darling to women I've been dating for more than 6 months. Seems appropriate for the more domestic moments that start cropping up in long term relationships.
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Postby andrei » Mon Sep 13, 2010 12:16 pm

boa wrote:i say darling way too much


can't imagine how bad that must be with your cockney accent
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Postby Vasya » Mon Sep 13, 2010 12:26 pm

jbiz wrote:growing up in baltimore, women called men hon and men called women hon. it's just a thing.

i was just there again a few weeks ago and was called hon no less than 10 times by various women.

I was gonna post and tell bread to never, ever take a job in Baltimore if being addressed as sweetheart and hon legitimately bother her that much

I get baby a lot too from Balmer women
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Postby port » Mon Sep 13, 2010 12:27 pm

7spelledout wrote:
port wrote:
nakedlunch wrote:what if I refer to a group of ladies as "skirts" or "broads" or "dames"


If you can sing a few bars of "Nothing Like a Dame" I'll allow this.


So maybe we should all just break out into appreciative song when addressing a skirt?


In a perfect world, yes.
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Postby 7spelledout » Mon Sep 13, 2010 12:29 pm

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Postby husbands » Mon Sep 13, 2010 12:38 pm

all these dudes in my school call their girlfriends "the little lady" and it makes me want to puke
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Postby Feech La Manna » Mon Sep 13, 2010 12:39 pm

husbands wrote:all these dudes in my school call their girlfriends "the little lady" and it makes me want to puke


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Postby Dawn Running Bear » Mon Sep 13, 2010 12:43 pm

you got it, jugs
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Postby Gussie Fink-Nottle » Mon Sep 13, 2010 12:47 pm

Oh yeah, 'cariad' always goes down a lot better for me than sweetheart/darling would but essentially has the same meaning. I don't know if you'd say it to a stranger though.
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Postby Bluto II Cute-O » Mon Sep 13, 2010 12:59 pm

andrei wrote:what about doctor

we should all start calling each other doctor; those douchebags who are like "i didn't go to four years of medical school for you to call me mister" would be so PISSED

professor's probably good, too


I'd rather just insist on using the titles I've earned. Sign all my emails "Regards, Bluto II Cute-O, B.A.," Get real offended when people forget to call me Bachelor II Cute-O.
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Postby mudd » Mon Sep 13, 2010 1:39 pm

what about 'comrade'?

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Postby WAC » Mon Sep 13, 2010 3:33 pm

I'm just gonna start off conversations with Stringer Bell's "LITTLE MAN!"
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Postby sordid affair » Mon Sep 13, 2010 5:01 pm

suspension bridge wrote:Miss is fine most cases. I can't imagine a why a woman would be offended by 'miss' unless she's elderly, because then it might seem condescending. Unmarried women that are, I don't know, 35 or older should technically be referred to as Ms. or Ma'am rather than Miss.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ms.


i'm not passionate about it, but i definitely prefer "ms." i think that the logic is sound: men are "mr." whether or not they're married, so the "miss" vs. "mrs." distinction suggests that a lady is more defined by marriage (or lack thereof) than a man. "ms." solves it

the weirdest thing is to "mrs. john smith"

talk about totally forfeiting your identity
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Postby vhg » Mon Sep 13, 2010 5:25 pm

what do you use if you're addressing a mixed-gender room of college students
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