Timeline for Elegant way to address a lady
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| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:38 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Oct 9, 2015 at 1:29 | history | edited | Adam Starrh | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 8, 2015 at 21:42 | comment | added | Nanban Jim | As a note, "ma'am" is a contraction for "madam"--emphasis on the first syllable. The trick of it is, at least in the US, a woman who runs a brothel is a "madamme"--emphasis on the second syllable, otherwise pronounced the same. And in some regions (keep in mind the US is about twice the area of Europe but only about 60% the population, so there's plenty of diversity), the two terms "madam" and "madamme" are pronounced and even spelled the same way. | |
| Oct 8, 2015 at 15:56 | history | answered | Adam Starrh | CC BY-SA 3.0 |