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That was this new guy that was newly posted as my underling and he address me as Ma'am whenever he sees me although I told him to address me by my name instead. :choc2:
My friend told me it sound so old to be address as Ma'am instead of Miss. I thought it is some kind of respect or something but what do everyone think? :bigsmile:
ma'am is madam...my lady...meaning someone you respect as a lady.
miss is commonly used as a title to address a woman who isn't married, regardless of age.
I interchange them (when I use them, which is hardly ever) but I think Ma'am is probably a little more formal. Some women may consider being called Miss to be degrading. :eep:
Can I ask who the "holy one" is before I vote?
yes even though I love when owen calls me lady... I'm still a miss! And My english teacher told me that we do it a lot here in conferences we always put mrs. or Miss before the name of the person who will speak adn once a foreign woman who was going to participate in the conference found it really stupid!
I'm not a "ma'am," I am a miss. In certain situations you have to be careful with being formal. After learning French and Italian. It's the same in those languages. DO NOT call a younger woman in Italian signora, she will probably get really offended. But it means lady, pretty much close to saying "ma'am." Still, to a 30 year old woman it's a bit degrading. Miss just makes you sound so much younger for some reason. But if they're married, then Mrs. ftw.
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I don't like Ma'am or Miss. It's better to be called by your name. I think the whole Miss Mrs thing should be abolished anyway. Men are just Mr, but women should broadcast whether they're married or not. Silly.
I only say ma’am when I’m joking around, Eyes on Final Fantasy.
Males also have the option of being called "Master" when young or unmarried.Quote:
Originally Posted by Anaisa
Military background and all (i.e., military school, various military programs, ROTC), there was a time when people just called me by my last name or my alternate nickname, Corporal Clay (just because it had a ring to it... so people jokingly called me Corporal Clay long after I got promoted). Now that I'm in college though, it's changed to Miss Clay more often than not... and to be honest, I like it far better than Miss Nicole, which sounds slightly condescending to me.
But I'm all for using Miss or Ma'am, for obvious reasons. :)
I want to be your MISStress
I'm okay with miss, but I hate ma'am.
Ma'am should be for female elders and Miss should be for anyone female that isn't that old.
I would love to be called Miss as Ma'am makes feel as old as dirt.
Alas, I'm married so Ma'am it is
I call all of my female teachers Miss, regardless of whether they're married or not, just as I call all of my male teachers Sir.
I prefer people to call me by name, but if they insist on adressing me formally I'd prefer Miss. Or my lady.:D
If I know someone isn't married, I call them "miss." If I don't know or they are married, they're "ma'am." I almost never use either of them, though.
Ma'am I guess :p
Same here. I think Miss is better, though. It doesn't sound as ... old ...Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr. Acula
I refer to my teachers and friends' parents as sir and miss.
I don't really see the two as interchangable.
Let's take my Human Biology teacher, for example. She introduced herself as Miss Adams, so that is how I addess her. When I need to get her attention, I say, "Excuse me, Miss Adams," or some variation of that. When I respond, I say, "Yes, ma'am," "No, ma'am," etc.
I cannot say I know very many other people who respond that way, and I'm starting to lose the habbit, too. It's just something that was beat into my head during the year I lived in Texas. They were big on treating authoritative figures with proper respect. God help you if you simply said, "No," to answer a teacher.
I feel really young adult when small children call me Miss Allison
I use both. :3 Depending on the age of the lady I am speaking to. Though, mostly ma'am.
ma'am sounds too old. i prefer miss.
ma'am~
people don't like it when I call them that ;_;
so anyways
I chose all of them so I could build up a combo for extra damage :33