'Madam'
Hate it. Hate it with a passion. Since my teens I have been subjected to this, and most recently by a security guy in the student union. Oh how I long to be called 'miss'.
( Poppy The Platypus was abducted by an army of toast soldiers on, Mon 12 Apr 2010, 14:47, 4 replies)

Isn't it from Ma Dame?
"My lady"?

It's just politeness.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Mon 12 Apr 2010, 15:43, closed)

I also prefer miss.
I'm not a madame, madam, or a mademoiselle (although mademoiselle isn't so bad).
( vix0r was not Matthew on, Mon 12 Apr 2010, 15:54, closed)

Hey Miss ;-)

(MrOli is ugly, but in the morning you will be sober, Mon 12 Apr 2010, 16:51, closed)

But "miss" is sexist.
Apart from the fact that the male equivalent is "Mr." you also have to take into account that some women find "Miss" to be unnaceptable and demand "Ms".
Heck, don't even get me started on man/boy woman/girl/lady and the other bullshit that makes talking to a woman fraught with problems.
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Mon 12 Apr 2010, 18:10, closed)