Candice In Canada  +  140736 Fri, 23 Sep 05 12:14 AM once i 'm waiting for my teacher to ask question, after she finished her work, and said to me,"yes, ma'am"   is every girl called "ma'am"?? Candice In Canada Joined on Sat, Sep 10 2005 Junior Member 55

	Savvysavz  +  140746 Fri, 23 Sep 05 12:28 AM It is polite when someone says ''yes madam'' ( or yes ma'am) to a lady of higher authority. It's impolite to address them in their first names ro surnames. However in some occasions, it is allowed to address the lady as Mrs.(her name). In yourcontext, if I read it right, your teacher called you ''ma'am''? In which case, she only did from a humoristic point of view. Traditionally, madam is for married women while unmarried women are miss. Savvy Savvysavz Joined on Tue, Aug 23 2005 French in no man's land Regular Member 549 Hell! There are no rules here! We're trying to accomplish something! (Thomas Edison)

	Candice In Canada  +  140763 Fri, 23 Sep 05 01:38 AM o~i see.Thank you, it's very useful.  If she used it in a humoristic point of view, is that also base on i'm old enough to be called ma'am? Candice In Canada

	Philip  +  140849 Fri, 23 Sep 05 06:22 AM  Candice In Canada wrote: o~i see.Thank you, it's very useful.  If she used it in a humoristic point of view, is that also base on i'm old enough to be called ma'am? I think in any formal situation [teacher~student] it could be used simply to show respect.  As a teacher, I often use "ma'am" and "sir" with my high school students in situations where I was responding to a question, but not as "Yes, sir, I will do that". Philip Joined on Thu, Jun 23 2005 Veteran Member 8,738 At reise er at leve! - H. C. Andersen

	julielai  +  154350 Wed, 02 Nov 05 03:17 PM I sometimes say this to very bossy women. :-) julielai Joined on Sun, Oct 24 2004 Senior Member 3,829 Just another blogger (http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/julie-lai)