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  2. English honorifics - Wikipedia

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    "Sir", "Madam", and "Ma'am" are commonly used by workers performing a service for the beneficiary of the service, e.g. "May I take your coat, Ma'am?" "Madam" is used with the name of an office to address a woman who is the office-holder, e.g. "Madam President". Dame: for women who have been honoured with a British knighthood in their own right ...

  3. Madam - Wikipedia

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    Madam (/ ˈ m æ d əm /), or madame (/ ˈ m æ d əm / or / m ə ˈ d ɑː m /), [1] is a polite and formal form of address for women in the English language, often contracted to ma'am [2] (pronounced / ˈ m æ m / in American English [2] and this way but also / ˈ m ɑː m / in British English [3]). The term derives from the French madame ...

  4. Honorific - Wikipedia

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    The most common honorifics in modern English are usually placed immediately before a person's name. Honorifics used (both as style and as form of address) include, in the case of a man, "Mr." (irrespective of marital status), and, in the case of a woman, previously either of two depending on marital status: "Miss" if unmarried and "Mrs." if married, widowed, or divorced; more recently, a third ...

  5. Wikipedia : List of English contractions

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    we all w’at: we at wanna: want to wasn’t: was not we’d: we had / we would / we did we’d’ve: we would have we’ll: we shall / we will we’re: we are we’ve: we have weren’t: were not whatcha: what are you what’d: what did what’ll: what shall / what will what’re: what are / what were what’s: what has / what is / what does ...

  6. Style (form of address) - Wikipedia

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    The Very Reverend (abbreviation The Very Rev.), oral address Mr./Madam Dean or Mr./Madam Provost, as appropriate, or Very Reverend Sir/Madam – Anglican deans and provosts of cathedrals, the deans of Westminster Abbey and St George's Chapel, Windsor, and, for historical reasons, a few parish priests, such as the Dean of Bocking.

  7. Forms of address in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Your Majesty, and thereafter as "Ma'am" (to rhyme with "jam") [4] [5] Prince of Wales: HRH The Prince of Wales HRH The Duke of Rothesay (in Scotland) Your Royal Highness: Your Royal Highness, and thereafter as "Sir" (for males) or "Ma'am" (for females) Princess of Wales: HRH The Princess of Wales HRH The Duchess of Rothesay (in Scotland ...

  8. Law enforcement on class B and C drugs ‘pathetically ... - AOL

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    Alison Hernandez, Conservative PCC for Devon and Cornwall, said too much focus is placed on deaths from class A drugs such as heroin.

  9. Filipino styles and honorifics - Wikipedia

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    The president and vice-president may also be informally addressed as "Mister/Madam President or Vice-President" in English and is sometimes informally referred to as Ang Mahál na Pangulo or Ang Mahál na Pangalawang Pangulo. [c] Presently, noble titles are rarely used outside of the national honors system and as courtesy titles for Moro nobility.