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ya know... if I gotta take a choice of those two headings... I'll take sir over that other one!!!! that 2nd one just grates on me for some reason.. it makes me feel like I'm 70 years old when someone says that to me! Lady is ok :) Enjoy! Tamy (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) A lot of guys feel the same way about being called "sir". But I bet they'd like being called "ma'am" even less. Steve (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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When I hear Sir and Ma'am used, especially in younger people, I consider it a show of respect. But I digress. You could call me "HEY YOU", but that still wouldn't change the fact that $70 for a 3225 is not a happening deal. (I could quote and (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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I suppose so :) though there really isn't any other polite way to address a man other than Mr.. where as females we get many more choices.. Mrs. Ms. Miss Lady, Ma'am... ugh... and you can never go wrong calling a woman Miss, unless she's a total (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) In Southern California, "Dude" is acceptable, just as "Dumbass" is acceptable in New York. (...) Yes, it's a nice term. And those women who like "Mrs." will tell you so, and not unkindly. They're kinda proud of it. (...) Usually when that (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Tom, whatever debate you were just in, you lost;-) (...) Think her close friends called her "Terry"? (...) lol Ah, Excuse me, Mr. Christ. Shlomo Feldstein, Jerusalem Tribune. Do you deny that you willfully destroyed personal property on the (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) The last part really makes me laugh. I don't know why. -- Terry K -- (25 years ago, 21-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Probably because it's what most products should say on their packaging instead of what is actually printed. Kinda like those bigger Lego boxes that have a 40- ish piece count in them but can really fit twice that amount easily.. -Tom McD. when (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Come down south...you'll get ma'amed and sir'ed everywhere. For some reason people tech their chirdren here to refer to anyone older than them as sir and ma'am. Very strange to those of us who did not grow up with it. I'm 25 and I get ma'am (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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