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punishment for saying "ma'am"

sweet as honey @sweetashoney (3597) • United States 25 Aug 18

A 10 year old from Tarboro, North Carolina was punished in class for saying "yes ma'am" to his teacher. The parents said their son came home from school and showed them a sheet of paper, covered front and back with the handwritten...

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Both sides now (back and forth?)

ingrid @ridingbet (66854) • Philippines 16 Mar 16

I was ‘exploring’ the site for new discussions and I read the title of one, and I thought of a common mistake my students commit when they bring a sheet of document to be photocopied. Even when I tell my learners to copy both...

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Question for all the ladies!

crunkyjens @crunkyjens (463) • United States 9 Aug 08

Does it bug you or get on your nerves when you get called "maam" by people? I personally am 26 years old and it drives me crazy. To me, you are a "miss" until you get married and I'm not married yet so please call me "miss"!

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Etiquette

webeishere @webeishere (36313) • United States 16 May 07

As of late there have been a VAST amount of discussions dealing with etiquette. What's happened to it. Whatever happened to the "thank yous', "please", "You're welcome", Ma'am", "Sir" all this type of things. Seems most have gone...

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Use of "Sir" & "Ma'am"

Swtrose @Swtrose (3385) • Canada 12 May 07

Do you get offended when people call you sir or ma'am. I know some people that take offense to it.

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do you cal your boss sir/mam or by their first name?

daryljane @daryljane (3406) • Philippines 9 May 07

Here in the Philippines, we really call our bosses Sir/Ma'am..but you know what, in the company that im working, we call our bosses their first name..Even the site director, we call her her first name...hope they can apply that to...

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Do your kids say yes ma'am, no ma'am, yes sir, no sir?

beautifulceiling @beautifulceiling (1300) • United States 28 Feb 07

I raised my kids to be respectful of adults (respectful of everyone, actually) and that they were to say please and thank you and excuse me and all of those things, but I never made them say sir or ma'am. I know there are lots of...

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Who's your Favorite Ma'am?

tony2313 @tony2313 (68) • India 13 Nov 06

Mine is Aashi Ma'am.

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