[Ads-l] Article re ma'am on CNN
Geoffrey Nathan
geoffnathan at WAYNE.EDU
Mon Mar 13 13:16:48 UTC 2023
Going to public school in Toronto in the mid-sixties
I distinctly remember a sign pinned over the blackboard
that said
'Get the "Yes sir, Yes Ma'am" habit.
Geoffrey S. Nathan
WSU Information Privacy Officer (Retired)
Emeritus Professor, Linguistics Program
https://clasprofiles.wayne.edu/profile/an6993
geoffnathan at wayne.edu<mailto:geoffnathan at wayne.edu>
P.S. David's link is broken at the end – just add 'ml' to the top
of the address bar when you land on the 'doesn't' exist
CNN webpage.
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https://edition.cnn.com/2023/03/12/us/maam-sir-polarizing-words-cec/index.ht
ml There's quite a lot of linguistic discussion in this article -
regionalisms etc. - and I thought it might be of interest here.
DAD
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