CPT Private RallyPoint Member 196564 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Ma'am is a contraction of Madam, ergo is it alright to remove the contraction when speaking to a female superior? 2014-08-07T06:36:48-04:00 CPT Private RallyPoint Member 196564

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Ma'am is a contraction of Madam, ergo is it alright to remove the contraction when speaking to a female superior?

2014-08-07T06:36:48-04:00 2014-08-07T06:36:48-04:00 LTC Private RallyPoint Member 196606

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Proceed with that one at your own risk.

2014-08-07T08:04:30-04:00 2014-08-07T08:04:30-04:00 CPT Private RallyPoint Member 196958

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I wouldn&#39;t, just stick with &quot;Ma&#39;am&quot;. My bet is that saying &quot;Madam&quot; would make a U.S. female officer feel as if she were a fragile English woman serving hot tea or something along those lines and she wouldn&#39;t feel respected. This isn&#39;t the U.K.

2014-08-07T15:47:45-04:00 2014-08-07T15:47:45-04:00 CPT Private RallyPoint Member 197188

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I'm interested to know where the term came from and how it evolved from there

2014-08-07T21:05:02-04:00 2014-08-07T21:05:02-04:00 SMSgt Lawrence McCarter 7402531

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I think I&#39;d stick with Mam and not branch out beyond that and if male keep only Sir both of which are polite and respectful. .

2021-12-03T09:59:29-05:00 2021-12-03T09:59:29-05:00 SFC Casey O'Mally 7402580

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Why not go whole hog? Madame is simply a shortening of Mademoiselle.

2021-12-03T10:54:10-05:00 2021-12-03T10:54:10-05:00 MAJ Ken Landgren 7402703

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Some madams run brothels.

2021-12-03T12:20:41-05:00 2021-12-03T12:20:41-05:00 Cpl Mark Oresko 7523797

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Are you wanting a simple yes or no answer? Is your question going to help you win a bet that you have with another person? You will receive all kinds of answers to this question but never acquire any form of self reliance if you have been unsuccessful with finding the answer you seek, despite all other resources that this world has to offer you. If the answer you seek is that important, then simply ask one of your superiors. <br /> I hold my Drill Instructors on a high pedestal for good reason. Drill Instructors are the (googled word)epitome of the United States Marine Corps. If they taught me something, then that is how it shall be done. This is exactly how communication evolves and produces confusion over time. This is why the next generation will question if we salute with the left or the right. Is a left handed salute disrespectful? Are we supposed to take a knee during the pledge of allegiance, or is it the Star Spangled Banner, or both, or neither?<br /><br />Let us know what you decide to do and then get back to us on how things played out for you.

2022-02-11T18:36:01-05:00 2022-02-11T18:36:01-05:00 2014-08-07T06:36:48-04:00