I am a lady!!

Awwww yeh i had forgotten about the guy in the suit...That was Tarquin..LoL
Given to me by another mylotter..who is sadly gone..banned/deleted whatever.

Ruth you have my email addy ok...just saying

gotcha

LoL @ girlish figure...know the feeling haha

Yeh i have had buddy too..& dude..dude means guy to me

Yeah, I get dude every so often. Dude= MALE. So I respond Excuse me, I', a dudette. I've got NO dude parts!!! I usually get an I'm sorry Ma'am MUCH BETTER!!!

Oh no one says sorry Ma'am to me..probably cos they know i dont like..Ma'am.
Its so like..Royalty...but i do know Americans use it a lot & thats ok LoL

Southerners expect it. Afterall, I am a Lady!!!

I have been in the States and I feel quite uncomfortable when people call me 'Sir'.

Not only do I dislike being called 'Sir' in any case (although accept it from someone who I recognise is trained to do so by their profession), here in the UK, unless it is somewhat justified because there is really a senior-junior relationship, calling someone 'Sir' can be equivocally considered to indicate disrespect - it rather depends on the tone, emphasis and context. Because Americans have a different way of speaking (and I don't mean just accent), 'Sir' in American can sound challenging and possibly uncomplimentary to an Englishman.

I do not believe in the the use of 'Sir' when the person you are speaking to is obviously older than you. I certainly don't believe in it when it's just a random stranger (unless that stranger is a customer or potential customer when, as I say, it is tolerable).

I sometimes wonder whether some Americans genuinely consider it a compliment. It just goes to show that, though we seem to share the same language, there is sometimes a bigger culture gulf than we anticipate.

I live in the Southern US. I was raised from the day I took my first word that I was rude for not saying Yes Ma'am or Yes Sir. It is "required" for anyone older than me. It's getting harder to find someone older than me now but I've also worked in Customer Service most of my life & it was required there also. Now I find myself saying Yes Sir to someone only 25-30 years old out of habit. I promise that when I visit your country, I'll try my best not to offend you by calling you Sir. If, when you visit mine, you don't expect me to change just because you don't like it. Actually, I feel offended that you're offended at my attempt to show you respect!!!

Oh yeh only women would..clone a Peni*...am no going there again..dont worry.
Yep your a guy..we know

LOL yeh & that different name was a..Girls name..unless your on about the..other..
name..now that was more male
Yeh i think people assume that woamn should be all sweetness & such.
If they dont talk or act that way,they are..a guy. Which dont say much about men in general eh no

You mean you have had more then one other name?

LOL no it doesnt say much about guys at all but that shoud come as no surprise.

Yep it lasted 2 hours...MAX

polite and shy... now that is a joke!!!

Yep thats me polite & shy..always & forever

Yeh bit confusing eh

No i dont think you did Irish..we crossed paths too many times before we actually became friends..so you knew LoL

I will admit I thought she was a guy at one point but it was a different forum, different name and I was told that by someone. I learned very quickly that it was not the truth.

*hugs*

Thank you! That is what I said

what I really wanted to say is that I sometimes I am percievedto be a man because I seem to carry my "balls" around in a wheelbarrow LOL

Stand up for you beleive in..hmmmmm ..very good

Yeh some of them did kinda show that Donna..Tho i dont do those kind any more LoL