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tanguatlay
 
Reply Tue 27 Dec, 2016 02:46 am
Where I live, we address a married woman as Madam. For example, someone may asked a friend, "Do you know Madam Wong Ah Lay?"

Do natives use "Madam" in the same way?

Thanks.
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Reply Tue 27 Dec, 2016 02:52 am
@tanguatlay,
It isn't common in that usage in the US. More common is Ms. Miss, or Mrs (for a married woman).

Madam sound artificially formal, though it is occasionally used that way. At one time, if you spoke of someone as a madam, it might indicate that she were the operator of a house of prostitution. Even then, that isn't how you would address her.
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Reply Tue 27 Dec, 2016 03:02 am
@tanguatlay,
tanguatlay wrote:
Do natives use "Madam" in the same way?

They do not.
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Reply Tue 27 Dec, 2016 03:22 am
@roger,
Thanks, roger and contrex.
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