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 Daughter of the duke of marlborough.husband's an utter rascal Is the usage of handsome here archaic, or just rarely used by those in the know If the former, when did it become so?
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. The equivalent of dear sirs, for women? In addressing three people in an email isn't it more polite to use their names rather than hi ladies
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 From all the answers, it's clear that using a masculine term (eg guys) is considered sexist (see leopd's comment), and using a feminine term (eg gals) is also considered sexist (see the raven's answer) Of course, if you use guys for males and people for females, you're just reintroducing a distinction In a list of classmates, how is the name of a married female and spouse listed
Is the female given name or her husband's given name written first How is the maiden name shown? 'was it a dude or a lady who was caught shoplifting at victoria's. I don't think it's obscene so much as profane By one theory, bloody in this context is a contraction for by our lady, essentially swearing by the virgin mary (bloody in wikipedia) Other similar oaths include blimey (god blind me) and gadzooks (by god's hooks (hands))
