tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27584252.post4745674525135539922..comments2024-03-22T18:15:47.666+11:00Comments on Boy on a bike: Some people just don't get this "respect" thingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27584252.post-38387330548681784302009-06-21T00:25:27.912+10:002009-06-21T00:25:27.912+10:00Yeah, I noticed the "el-tee" bit. You y...Yeah, I noticed the "el-tee" bit. You yanks are so much more formal than we are. <br /><br />As for "Ma'am", I had serious problems getting used to using that form of address on female officers. It was more to do with never having called anyone "Ma'am" in my life before that moment. "Sir" was fine - that's how we addressed our teachers; but "Ma'am" was a distinctly foreign concept.Boy on a bikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452119541546978454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27584252.post-73161194512056054152009-06-20T23:22:24.040+10:002009-06-20T23:22:24.040+10:00As Matt said at Blackfive, Lieutenants knew they w...As Matt said at Blackfive, Lieutenants knew they were accepted in the US Army when they were refered to as "el-tee" In the US militery it is proper ettiquette to refer to ALL civilians as Sir or Ma'am.Old Tankernoreply@blogger.com