Ma'am

[sharkythesharkdogg]

Ma'am is the female version of Sir. Or so that's how I was taught. So anyone you don't know deserves a Ma'am or Sir if they are older than you or not. You don't know if they deserve the respect or not but you should give it anyway because it's polite!

I live in the South. Everyone is Ma'am. Sometimes people are Miss too, though. If I refer to a non-present third party it's Ms though.

Ma'am is the female version of Sir. Or so that's how I was taught. So anyone you don't know deserves a Ma'am or Sir if they are older than you or not. You don't know if they deserve the respect or not but you should give it anyway because it's polite!

I'll just go ahead and solidify this Southern stereotype. Not everyone here does it, but if they were raised to be polite and respectful to others, it's how they're taught to show that respect. Every woman is ma'am, every man is sir.

EDIT: So if you're vising down here, or you can tell someone is from the South when they're visiting elsewhere, try not to be offended. It's meant to be polite.