Turbo owner says SIR !!!
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Hearing "Sir" from a person the same age is tough, especially from a female.
It is amazing how the body seems to progress through the years faster then the mind. I am 24 and still view 20 as 'my age'. Though, in reality the difference is staggering. Everyone guesses 30ish.
It is amazing how the body seems to progress through the years faster then the mind. I am 24 and still view 20 as 'my age'. Though, in reality the difference is staggering. Everyone guesses 30ish.
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I'm in my 30s and I still carded at all the pubs and grocery stores
. Then again, my hero is a 6-year old kid. And when I grow up, I want to be just like Calvin!
I don't think 'Sir' and 'Ma'am' has anything do with age, but rather of respect. I don't know whatever happened to training of manners and grace in schools, but it would'nt be a bad idea to reintroduce it! There was a school in ... where was it... Tennessee? Or Mississippi? That required all the kids to address their teachers with "Sir" and "Ma'am"!
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I don't think 'Sir' and 'Ma'am' has anything do with age, but rather of respect. I don't know whatever happened to training of manners and grace in schools, but it would'nt be a bad idea to reintroduce it! There was a school in ... where was it... Tennessee? Or Mississippi? That required all the kids to address their teachers with "Sir" and "Ma'am"!
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I don't mind "Sir", but I would never call a woman "Ma'am"...always "Miss". There is no other option for "Sir", but "Ma'am" is definitely the "older" version of "Miss". So its always "Miss".
...IF I don't know their name...
...IF I don't know their name...
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I grew up in the south in military household. Everyone was called sir and maam. It is to show respect. I am 35 and will say sir and maam to people that are obviously younger than I. If I get to know them I stop. (Except for my grandmother, she is ALWAYS maam!)
I studied German when I was in school. They have built in the sir and maam in the rules of the language. I think the English just left it as a courtesy and not an integral part of the language.
I studied German when I was in school. They have built in the sir and maam in the rules of the language. I think the English just left it as a courtesy and not an integral part of the language.