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Subject: Re: Addressing adults as Sir and Ma'am


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Sonya
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Date Posted: 08:32:42 05/04/26 Mon
In reply to: Mississippi Mike 's message, "Addressing adults as Sir and Ma'am" on 16:54:07 05/03/26 Sun

Growing up in the South, "Sir", "Ma'am", "Mr. and "Miss"/"Mrs." were all a regular part of the vocabulary. Even if an adult asked to be called by their first name, Momma and Daddy insisted we add "Mr." or "Miss" to it. So as a child if I addressed you as an adult, it would have been "Mr. Mike".

When It came to addressing Momma and Daddy, we would also either address them as "Momma and Daddy" or "Ma'am and "Sir".

I never got a formal spanking for any slip ups on that but there were a couple of times, I got corrected and even got an Attention Getter for it.

Not long after I turned eighteen we were visiting my Aunt Connie and Uncle Roy and feeling all grown up While talking with them, I called my Aunt by her first name. She immediately slapped me hard across the seat of my shorts and said, "What did you call little girl?" I immediately apologized saying, "I'm sorry Aunt Connie". She said, "That's better, You ain't ever gonna be too grown up to call me Aunt Connie and you aren't too old for my flyswatter either." I said, "Yes Ma'am" I'm sorry." I'm thirty-eight and I STILL call her "Aunt Connie". Do I believe she would still take the flyswatter to me if I called her by her first name again. You bet your life I do.

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Re: Addressing adults as Sir and Ma'amJames09:20:11 05/04/26 Mon
Re: Addressing adults as Sir and Ma'amMississippi Mike15:57:39 05/04/26 Mon


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