It's a sign of respect, not subservience. I don't know where you came up with that "southern thing". Perhaps you were thinking of Suh and Yassuh.
OK. I tell you what I think. You are a polemic who would dispute me if I stated that water is wet. :lol:
Entirely true, of course. But after a certain amount of searching and time have passed, one must begin to accept the probabilities. I think they have used everything they have against us.
The lying allegations have been going on for 2 years. Our soldiers are fighting terrorists, not running metal detectors over a billion miles of sand.
Agreed. If people don't want to say it, fine. But to actually make the effort to 'frown upon' it is elitist and pretentious. People get offended by freaking anything these days. I would suspect that New Yorkers would have thicker skin than that.
i say it is a southern thing because i never hear it in the north but i hear it all the time down south. and if it a sign of respect, then why does it only go one way? only the inferior person says "sir". like if my doorman calls me sir, i dont like it it. we are equals. i am not playing some sort of status game. i dunno if anyone is offended. they just dont like it. it seems like an antiquated term.
I say sir and ma'am to my parents as well as to most people who are older than me. I also say it when I thank someone. Don't know if it is just a southern thing, but it doesn't have anything to do with someone being inferior to me. It's a sign of respect where I come from.
My point exactly. Only a yankee could not like a term of respect. Southerners are way nicer than yankees anyway. So calling it a southern thing is fine by me.
