Milady (from my lady) is an english term of address to a noble woman It is the female form of milord And here's some background on milord This has puzzled me for some time What is the possessive plural for of lady Also, which for of lady do you use when addressing more than one female
Otherwise, as elliot frisch has suggested, lady is the term you want But in my opinion, if you're talking about clients of yours, be gender neutral Lady can have negative implications in this setting because it is often used in a negative fashion, e.g That lady wouldn't stop talking about. I have always tried to understand the use of the word handsome in letter to a lady friend, but refrained from doing so, because i didn't know whether the word would be a thoughtful gesture or insulting I have heard from many that the use of beautiful for a guy, when said by a woman, was also considered less than being referred to as handsome, but this one handsome/beautiful woman said just.
It seems to have come into usage around 1950, and really took off in the late 1990s. Where did the saying ladies first originate Did it originally appeared in english countries, or And is this always expressed in a positive/polite tune of meaning If you are wondering why we don't write ladies's, it is because ladies is one of the exceptions, along with girls', parents', players', weeks' and even klingons' it can get a bit niggly with names too Aristophanes' plays, but jesus's miracles and (usually) james.
Why they called it a bird, i can't answer The etymology though is (from wikipedia) The name ladybird originated in the britain where the insects became known as our lady's bird or the lady beetle Mary (our lady) was often depicted wearing a red cloak in early paintings and the spots of the seven spot ladybird (the most common in europe) were said to symbolise her seven joys and seven. I have been wondering about this little problem for a while now Everyone understands that, in the binary, the opposite of 'man' is 'woman', and the opposite of 'gentleman' is, namely, 'gentlewoman'.
And take my milk for gall, that would definitely support the literal humorism theory, but i still don't understand how we get from milk to blood (too much of the blood humor supposedly being the problem).
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