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Originally posted by Ramon de Ramon y Ramon:
Thank you very much, guys !  But if I had to draw a conclusion from what you have said already now it would be that I should just keep using "ma'am". Well, why not, I kind of like it anyway.
I don't agree that "Miss" is a "one-fits-all" solution: after all if you decide to be formal you should do it right, so that it applies only to unmarried women. And besides, calling a 40 or 50- year-old unmarried lady "Miss" just would appear mightily awkward and as very outdated to me - even if she should be vain enough to feel flattered by it.
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You're probably right. I think a lot of it is delivery too, but from a technical standpoint, you're probably right.
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