- Origin of milady - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, milady emerged in 1778 that partially came from French: Partly < French milady , title used when addressing or speaking of an English lady of high rank (1727 in Voltaire; 1754 as milédi ) < English my lady (see lady n 3a), and partly representing a colloquial pronunciation of my lady (see above)
- Ladys Ladies or ladies - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
"Lady" is singular, so if you were referring solely to one woman's shoes, it would be "the lady's shoes " As for your second question, I'm assuming you're referring to a group of women in your salutation of them, so it would be "Good morning, ladies "
- word choice - The use of the term gentlewoman - English Language . . .
What you should use is the set phrase 'ladies and gentlemen' - there is no problem with that There are sometimes difficulties with using 'ladies' or 'lady' alone, but that is another longer question entirely to address all those contexts But for this question, the answer is easy
- Is it rude to call a woman maam? - English Language Usage Stack . . .
When I was at school in the 1960s in the UK, we called our male teachers "Sir", and most of our female teachers "Miss", but one married female teacher disliked being referred to as "Miss" — and "Mrs" is not generally acceptable as a polite form of address — so she insisted on being called "Ma'am"
- Where did Shakespeare get milk of human kindness from?
Lady Macbeth wants to substitute her milk (which would nourish a kid) for gall, which today would mean boldness and impertinence, but also refers to bile (Merriam-Webster) So here, too, the milk is too kind, too nourishing, and so it must be switched for something more murderous so that she can physically and mentally go through with murder
- Gentleman is to male as what is to female? [duplicate]
@rbhattarai Sometimes "real lady" means "having female organs" in addition to identifying as female Pretty much anything involving gender is a wide, deep and densely packed minefield of mixed meanings (and extreme sensitivity to vicariously perceived slights)
- Correct use of possession for the plural ladies [closed]
Ladies is the plural form of lady, so the apostrophe goes to the right - ladies' If you are wondering why we don't write ladies's, it is because ladies is one of the exceptions, along with girls', parents', players', weeks' and even Klingons' It can get a bit niggly with names too Aristophanes' plays, but Jesus's miracles and (usually) James
- Why ladybird? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Mary (Our Lady) was often depicted wearing a red cloak in early paintings and the spots of the seven spot ladybird (the most common in Europe) were said to symbolise her seven joys and seven sorrows Common names in other European languages have the same association (the German name Marienkäfer translates to "Marybeetle" or, literally, Mary
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