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To: DMaA who wrote (472963)2/20/2012 3:17:56 PM
From: ManyMoose3 Recommendations  Respond to of 793927
 
To civilian ears it doesn't sound respectful, just freaky.

I disagree, and anybody who would make a negative judgment about that is nobody I would want to work with. I've never been in the military, but I would often address my superiors as Sir or Ma'am. I can remember only one time when somebody asked me if I had been in the military.



To: DMaA who wrote (472963)2/20/2012 4:14:31 PM
From: goldworldnet2 Recommendations  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793927
 
Most men appreciate being called sir, but there are a lot of women that don't like the age connotations with ma'am.

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To: DMaA who wrote (472963)2/20/2012 4:39:44 PM
From: garrettjax  Respond to of 793927
 
For me it's been a lot harder taking the Navy out of the boy than it has taking the boy out of the Navy...

Still have the habit almost 35 years after separation.

-G


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