"Miss" vs. "Ma'am"

[Kate]

Thanks very much!

FWIW, people called me Ma'am for a long time. The change to Miss seems to be a new thing.

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Kate Svoboda-Spanbock
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On Oct 26, 2013, at 12:42 PM, Benjamin Torbert <btorbert at GMAIL.COM> wrote:

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> Janet Fuller wrote an article on Ms a few years ago.
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> 2005* `The Uses and Meanings of the Female Title "Ms."' *American
> Speech*80(2): 180-206.
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