II10b

Asking directions of somebody on the street when you don’t know her name—what you’d say to a girl: “Say, ________, where’s the post office?”

This question is new; it was not asked in the 1965–70 survey.

MISS	9
YOUNG LADY	4
SWEETIE	2
EXCUSE ME	1
HON	1
MA’AM	1
TOOTS	1
YOU	1

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