Taxi driver: Ma 'am, take your kid to school?

出租车司机：女士，您是送孩子上学吧？

youdao

She mocked people who pronounced "Ma 'am" wrongly - it is supposed to rhyme with spam, not harm.

她嘲笑把“Ma ' am”的读音发错的人——它应该与spam押韵，而不是harm。

youdao

I guess I'm of the Jane Austen school of social conduct that believes "Sir" and "ma 'am," "please" and "pardon me" are proper forms of address in daily discourse.

我猜我在社交行为准则上属于简·奥斯汀派，认为“先生”和“女士”，“请”和“对不起”是日常交流中适宜的说法。

youdao

No, that's all right, ma'am. I was showing hima thing or two on the guitar.

VOA: standard.other

Yes, ma'am?

有什么问题？

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Yes ma'am?

有什么问题？

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You know, a little church, a little barbecue, yes, ma'am, and no, ma'am.

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Mr. VOISIN: Many more than we did post-Hurricane Katrina and Rita, yes, ma'am.

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