II10c

Asking directions of somebody on the street when you don’t know his name—what you’d say to a man: “Excuse me, ________, how far is it to the next town?”

This question was slightly altered and recoded; it can be compared to the 1965–70 question II10b.

SIR	14
BUDDY	2
MAN	2
MISTER	2
MR.	1

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