Asking directions of somebody on the street when you don’t know her name—what you’d say to a woman: “Excuse me, ________, how far is it to the next town?”
This question is new; it was not asked in the 1965–70 survey.
| MA’AM | 11 |
| MISS | 6 |
| MAAM | 2 |
| LADY | 1 |
| MA’M | 1 |
| MS. | 1 |
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