"Leader DeLay"??? What's up with that?

[Dennis R. Preston]

Don't say 'Ma'am'! Who's so rude they don't say Ma'am?

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>  >I hear "Miss" generally only in restaurants, stores, etc., when one wants
>>to get the attention of the so-addressed person.  No one would be caught
>>dead saying "Ma'am" anymore, right?
>
>LOL! I not only hear it, I say it! (I also say "Sir" - both of them often
>in the courtroom).
>
>Bethany


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Dennis R. Preston
University Distinguished Professor of Linguistics
Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian, and African Languages
A-740 Wells Hall
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
Phone: (517) 432-3099
Fax: (517) 432-2736
preston at msu.edu