answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer

The pronunciation is with a single short A sound (mam), to rhyme with gram and ham.

The word ma'am is a contraction of "madam" (polite term of address for a woman, from the French madame).

User Avatar

Wiki User

8y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: What is the proper way of saying ma'am?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

What is a proper way of saying awesome?

The proper word or another way of saying awesome is the word 'stupendous'.


Is the word 'Maam' a proper term?

I'm a women and personaly I love it when a guy says maam to me. However there are a group of women who are usualywho want to be younger and calling them maam sometime offends them because it can be a sign of old age, like they think only the old people get called maam. But for the most part when you call a women maam they think how polite and thoughtfull, so go a head and use it, you'll get more happiness then ridicule.


What is the proper way to use the Bible?

You must read the bible,understand what its saying and then you must do it !


Is there another way of saying the word salt?

Sodium chloride is the proper name for salt.


Can you say you does?

This is not proper English. Saying you did, you are going to, or you are in the process of, is an educated way to articulate your sentence.


How do you say 'my sister' in Portuguese?

In Portuguese, you say "minha irmã" to refer to 'my sister'.


What rhymes with graam?

maam


What is the difference between four thousand and nine and four thousand nine?

There isn't a difference. The first way is just the proper way of saying it.


How do Filipino greet?

We humbly greet them by saying "Hi or Hello Kamusta? (how are you?)" also we do not forget to add po and opo for the elderly "kamusta na po kayo, (how are you maam/sir?


How to use the title Lady?

maam


What has the author D Maam written?

D. Maam has written: 'Gazar shoroo' 'Gazar Shoroo' -- subject(s): Mongols, Fiction, History


Is saying all they are is bones proper?

Yes, it's proper.