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To: Morgana
OK, I am totally mystified. I'll ask you. Is ma'am now some kind of code insult? Dog whistle? Dirty word? Is the teacher a transman? Is he/she not a a native English speaker?

When did ma'am turn into a bad thing to say?

? . ? . ?


9 posted on 08/24/2018 2:34:57 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Pay everyone what you owe ...respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due. Rom 13:7)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

“When did ma’am turn into a bad thing to say?”

Feminists Mrs D. They don’t like that word!!!


18 posted on 08/24/2018 2:45:47 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

“Dog whistle”

I assume you’re referring to the wolf whistle that some men whistle want to see a woman walk by. the origins of that whistle is known as a bosun pipe call from the naval services back in the days when the bosun pipe told the crew what evolution was occurring. They had pipes for everything they had pipe for revellie, they had pipes for meals, or All Hands muster, and a host of other calls but the pipe or what is sometimes called a wolf whistle was actually a pipe when in Port. Since the ships crew lived aboard, a pipe was sounded to indicate that there were female visitors onboard. Which meant the crew had to exercise some dress code in order to not embarrass the ladies who were on board for a visit, perhaps a tour, perhaps visiting the captain Etc.

For all the sand peeps reading this

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boatswain’s_call


49 posted on 08/24/2018 3:29:44 PM PDT by Clutch Martin (The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

Kid is black. Acting and talking white is baaaad.


55 posted on 08/24/2018 4:11:49 PM PDT by ClearBlueSky (ISLAM is the problem. ISLAM is the enemy of civilization.)
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