Ladies - Which do you prefer to be called?? (POLL)

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Ladies - Which do you prefer to be called?

  • Lady

    Votes: 13 50.0%

  • Woman

    Votes: 6 23.1%

  • Girl

    Votes: 1 3.8%

  • Gal

    Votes: 2 7.7%

  • Chick

    Votes: 1 3.8%

  • Other (explain in your post)

    Votes: 3 11.5%
  • Total voters
    26
Jennie-Mae said:
My grandma once told me that they used "miss" alot back whenever she was young...even for older ladies...in their fifties and older.
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I like it, being called 'Miss'. I told them the difference between Ms., Mrs., and Miss and that I prefer Miss to Ms.
 
Galatea said:
I don't mind ma'am. :) I occasionally correct students and tell them to call me Ma'am. I had one last year that called me Miss. I liked that, it was kind of English. I remember the first time I was called ma'am. It stunned me. I was 16 and working in a fast food joint and a little kid called me ma'am. I felt so old!
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What I don't like is being called missy because it makes me feel like a kid, I am a grown woman for heavens sake lol
 
Galatea said:
I like it, being called 'Miss'. I told them the difference between Ms., Mrs., and Miss and that I prefer Miss to Ms.
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Somebody has to say it, so...

"Little miss
Little miss
Little miss Can't Be Wrong"
 
None of those "titles" are natural to use in Norway. If someone doesn't know your name they tend to say "Unnskyld" ( means both "Excuse me" and "sorry"), or "du" ("you") depending on how formal the setting is (it's mostly kids who just say "du" though)
 
Lynx said:
Somebody has to say it, so...

"Little miss
Little miss
Little miss Can't Be Wrong"
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Little Miss...

* Miss Demeanor
* Miss Behavin'
* Miss Conduct (I have a friend who used that as her roller derby name. ;))
 
My sister makes a big difference between lady and woman. When someone has been acting what she views as inappropriately, she'll say, "that...woman." Otherwise, they're ladies :D. Because of that woman is not my favorite thing to be called.

I was extremely pleased the first time someone called me ma'am in the grocery store. I could get used to that really quick :D
 
Tinuviel said:
My sister makes a big difference between lady and woman. When someone has been acting what she views as inappropriately, she'll say, "that...woman." Otherwise, they're ladies :D. Because of that woman is not my favorite thing to be called.

I was extremely pleased the first time someone called me ma'am in the grocery store. I could get used to that really quick :D
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ive been chewed out for saying ma'am...
i always thought it sounded endearing
(._.')
 
NoNameMcgee said:
ive been chewed out for saying ma'am...
i always thought it sounded endearing
(._.')
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More so than "hun"? hate that big time! But Ma'am is merely a shortening of madam, which is at it's root an extremely formal and correct address. But I suppose it would depend upon where you live.
 
I call women younger than myself, my age range and a little older than myself "Miss." Women my late Mother's age and above "Ma'am."

What gets me though is that so many people reject or balk at being respected with "Sir" or "Ma'am." We could use more of it (respectful mannerisms) IMHO. They don't realize enough how it takes a parent/parents time and energy to instill this respect for others into their children.
 
(I just know someone's going to be upset but this makes sense and should be said lol)
so by process of elimination then,you are okay with being called baby doll,hot stuff,good looking,or rawrrrrr,as opposed to what has been said in the poll or has been said by you,correct? or would you like to change some answers? because in my view lady,maam,or gal,aren't half as lethal to a man as the one's I mentioned(never said them only heard them lol)you sure you can't live with some of those more than what I posted? just seemed lacking some of the really annoying phrases,instead of the more common phrases to be pestered by,as for me when meeting most anyone I say a name that fits everyone,Hi,call me weird but that's just how I talk to people and what I think anyone would want to be called(depending on context) or hello,put them on the list and I believe they will be winners to all of you in this poll! bye.
 
Tabitha4thelord said:
That was cute, but I still don't like being called ma'am lol
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Well then ya better stay out of the South ma... er, missy. Round here we call all the ladies ma'am, from an 85 year old grandma down to a four year old girl.

Only time we don't call a lady ma'am is when she ain't acting like a lady. If she's rude, instead of saying "Howdy ma'am" we'll just say "Howdy" and be on about our business.
 
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