tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734266766203380275.post8822547370347835167..comments2023-07-05T11:01:35.281+01:00Comments on Against Her Better Judgment: In which I'm no longer missedBlondehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04135846185772109032noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734266766203380275.post-79394885538906040012010-01-17T11:41:27.281+00:002010-01-17T11:41:27.281+00:00I suspect it may have more to do with shopping on ...I suspect it may have more to do with shopping on Saville Row in a real fur. They do tend to be a bit m'am happy round there, and a vintage fur probably tipped the balance.<br>I first got madam'd rather than madamoiselle'd in a restaurant on my 25th birthday with my parents (not a high point in my life) I did not react well- think Patsy in AbFab. These days, I blame presence of husband/ring rather than the inexorable slide towards 30...Gin_operatednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734266766203380275.post-72696038094743860782010-01-17T12:34:50.091+00:002010-01-17T12:34:50.091+00:00Ugh - "ma'am" - it's a horrible ...Ugh - "ma'am" - it's a horrible word.<br><br>Luckily in Glasgow people aren't really polite enough to call us "miss", let alone "ma'am"!!! Phew.Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04425977546505490830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734266766203380275.post-86398289682696288342010-01-17T12:37:43.440+00:002010-01-17T12:37:43.440+00:00First time I met HMtQ a flunky came around to tell...First time I met HMtQ a flunky came around to tell us how to pronounce Ma'am. 'It's Mam as in jam not Marm as in Farm' he told us patronisingly. I almost shot him.Brennighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10553332352189636358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734266766203380275.post-79272227918187111052010-01-17T15:51:58.458+00:002010-01-17T15:51:58.458+00:00GO: Hmm, yes - that may have had something to do w...GO: Hmm, yes - that may have had something to do with it! Seems as if it happens circa the 25th. I think I'd have been less shocked had I been warned this was the Done Thing.<br><br>P: Heh - see? Scotland is totally the place to be.<br><br>Bren: You should have done. And anyone else who uses the word for women under 30.Blondehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04949311774305277801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734266766203380275.post-39583819817438433602010-01-17T17:12:39.093+00:002010-01-17T17:12:39.093+00:00We're I selling suits on Saville Row, in addit...We're I selling suits on Saville Row, in addition to contemplating how to do myself in, I would also lean towards Ma'am. In this day and age you can easily be a ringless couple. Better to treat them as a couple if they came in together.<br><br>Blonde...as one who has been aging a lot longer than you (but not as a woman and probably not as well) I can tell you that the years keep getting better, not worse. There's only one alternative to aging, and its not a good one.<br><br>And you clearly are growing up: you wrote an entire post about doing sometheing with SL that didn't involve sex.Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09278807234342796553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734266766203380275.post-77097343221655888452010-01-17T19:55:10.654+00:002010-01-17T19:55:10.654+00:00I class Saville Row and Jermyn Street as military ...I class Saville Row and Jermyn Street as military turf. You cannot walk down either with a military type on your arm without him bumping into someone he knows!roseskihttp://roseski.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734266766203380275.post-80617118933868746622010-01-17T21:39:30.157+00:002010-01-17T21:39:30.157+00:00Definitely agree that the Ma'am goes with the ...Definitely agree that the Ma'am goes with the territory of Saville Row. Having been most firmly planted in the Ma'am age band for a while now, I used to find every so slightly galling on being called "Love" when on my way to the OM.Fluffy Pink Duckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08795462371793193205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734266766203380275.post-78215347916667861522010-01-18T13:04:45.191+00:002010-01-18T13:04:45.191+00:00Good lord, a site redesign. You must have had some...Good lord, a site redesign. You must have had some spare time.<br><br>By the way, I think any female over 16 is "Ma'am" on Savile Row / Jermyn St. I suspect the denizens thereof entirely eschew the appalling vocable "Ms", and would always err on the over-formal side.<br><br>Mike - not true, she did allude to "at it like bunnies"...almost though, almost.Rage Against The Dying of the Lighthttp://thedyingofthelight.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734266766203380275.post-76024916553390891422010-01-18T16:35:18.986+00:002010-01-18T16:35:18.986+00:00Was SL buying a miliatry uniform? You mean HMG doe...Was SL buying a miliatry uniform? You mean HMG doesn't supply them? And then one has to get it made to measure? And all for determining where one ends up in the military? Yikes!! How very quaint.<br><br>As for ma'am do you still wish to be an ingenue? Ma'am commands respect; miss not so much. On the other hand when addressed as Mr. _____ I always used to respond I am jman, Mr. ______ is my father. Growing up in some ways is so difficult.jmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734266766203380275.post-8167179701992111332010-01-18T21:55:30.070+00:002010-01-18T21:55:30.070+00:00Mike: It's not the assumption of coupledom I o...Mike: It's not the assumption of coupledom I object to (I'm used to that by now) - it's the Madaming. Surely I can be part of a couple and still a Miss?<br><br>Roseski: You're right there - full of people in blazers and chinos...!<br><br>FPD: So long as it's the area, and not the bags under my eyes. I'll choose to believe the first...<br><br>RATDOTL: Hmm. You're probably right. And I suppose the one thing that's worse than Madam is Ms. (And yes, there was a free Sunday afternoon!)<br><br>Jman: No, this was just the interview suit. Most of the uniform's provided, though I think there's some forking out involved for mess dress. You're right about the growing up. Not all it's cracked up to be.Blondehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04949311774305277801noreply@blogger.com