Uh... plain mister? At least, that's my impression since I've never been there. Classics seem to use "master", but don't think they'd say that nowadays...
I'M GOING TO CANADA NEXT WEEK! I'LL GET TO EXPERIENCE EH FOR MYSELF!! /SHOT Thanks for translating~! I love the interactions between America and England~ /obvious shipper is obvious
That's so interesting! People expect to hear ma'am or sir where I'm from (especially after church) and it is SO RUDE not too. I mean, it's like, how old people get their respect. They will just huff at you and gossip to their friends if you don't.
Beware old people gossip. BEWARE!!! They will tell fucking EVERYONE YOU KNOW and your grandma will bring it up ALL THE FUCKING TIME (at least until someone else's grandchild fucks up and then you're in the clear.)
So it's best just to be polite in the first place. Y'all.
I live in the North and use sir and ma'am. Usually people are surprised, not offended, I find. But when I talk to a Southerner, they're all,like, fine with it. I've actually met only one Canadian who said "eh". It was pretty cute actually. She ended every other sentence with it.
I've never run into that. A woman you don't know is a "ma'am". You never call her anything else--at least not in any retail situation or office jobs I've worked in. And I've never ever had a woman be like, "Don't call me that" because that would be silly.
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