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

[Dennis R. Preston]

Yore stereotype of our stereotype is dang near perfect.

dInIs



>>Don't say 'Ma'am'! Who's so rude they don't say Ma'am?
>>
>>dInIs
>
>Well, lots o' New Englanders, according to Wolfson & Manes (1980)
>(and I'd guess the trend has only accelerated since then).  But then
>that's just what you'd expect of us, isn't it?
>
>larry
>
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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


--
Dennis R. Preston
University Distinguished Professor
Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic,
        Asian and African Languages
Wells Hall A-740
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1027 USA
Office: (517) 353-0740
Fax: (517) 432-2736