The word is ma'am.
Apr. 16th, 2005 01:43 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Not maam. Not mam. Not m'aam or m'am or maa'm or ma'm. Ma'am.
The apostrophe indicates a deleted sound. For example, can't indicates that you skipped the o in not. Fro' indicates that you skipped the m in from. Ma'am is a form of the word madam, which used to not have the meaning it sometimes has today. GET IT RIGHT!
This has been a public service announcement from CAP, the Committee for Apostrophe Protection.
The apostrophe indicates a deleted sound. For example, can't indicates that you skipped the o in not. Fro' indicates that you skipped the m in from. Ma'am is a form of the word madam, which used to not have the meaning it sometimes has today. GET IT RIGHT!
This has been a public service announcement from CAP, the Committee for Apostrophe Protection.
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Date: 2005-04-16 06:44 am (UTC)Don't get me started on the ways in which apostrophes have been abused and misused by my students. I might cry. Can I join your committee?