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 2:15 | comment | added | Graham Nicol | It's not easy to use it in the wrong context. It's polite if you use it as a form of address. It implies brothel owner if you use it as a job title. There is no confusion. "How are you, madam?" is polite. "Are you a madam?" implies a brothel owner. My main point was if you use ma'am outside of the US you'll sound strange. | |
| Oct 8, 2015 at 19:19 | comment | added | Jasper | There are contexts where "madam" is appropriate, especially as a title. Unfortunately, it is very easy to accidentally use the word "madam" in a way that means "woman who runs a whore-house" or "woman who runs an escort service". | |
| Oct 8, 2015 at 16:59 | history | answered | Graham Nicol | CC BY-SA 3.0 |