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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