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Old 01-02-2012, 09:56   #6
susie123
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Re: Terms of endearment

This sort of thing really makes me mad. There are far more important things to get hot under the collar about. At least he didn't just say hey you and perhaps she wasn't old or distinguished enough to warrant Madam - which I must say is nice as you get older, and in France is used generally in shops etc. But they are more polite over there.

When we lived in the Midlands I didn't mind being called bab or mi duck which is the equivalent of luv up here. And when I was in hospital recently the nurses addressed the female patients as darlin' which no one seemed to object to and I found it quite comforting and reassuring. Don't know what they called the men!

And one lovely young female Indian doctor called me my dear which was nice.
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