Citations:mamsir

English citations of mamsir

• 2013, Infusion‎^[1], number 203, →OCLC:

  Onlookers were then treated to a demonstration of the new Siri. Following Cue’s request to Siri to find a dry cleaner’s in Abu Dhabi, Siri was heard to respond “Sir… this drycleaner… I don’t know.”
  A close second is the Filipino version of Siri featuring the phrase “Yes MamSir”

• 2020 April 15, Jennifer Fergesen, “Halo-Halo in Hungary”, in Roots & Wings, page 22, column 1:

  Ryan and Luleyn have taught their employees to call them "Mamsir," the Filipinized gender-neutral honorific, perhaps as an inside joke. It can be jarring to hear a Hungarian teenager call out the portmanteau in complete seriousness — "Mamsir, are we out of filters? Mamsir, where is the AeroPress?"

• 2021 April 25, Carolyn McCusker, Rhaina Cohen, “Tower Of Babble: Nonnative Speakers Navigate The World Of 'Good' And 'Bad' English”, in NPR.org‎^[2], archived from the original on 2022-08-21:

  Harb referred to the greeting "Hello, mamsir," often used by English-speaking Philippine service workers, which is the literal repetition of the scripted "Hello, ma'am/sir" — a quick, respectful and gender-neutral way to address someone.

• 2022 March 8, Carla de Guzman, A Match Made in Lipa (The Laneways; 2)‎^[3], Carina Press, →ISBN:

  “Yes, mamsir, may I help you?” she asked her friends in a sugary-sweet tone, even if Santi was sure her face only said, “go away, go away now.” “Did we interrupt something?” Gabriel asked innocently, his voice equally as sugar sweet.

Cebuano citations of mamsir

• 2014, Kiki Vivi Sung, “The ticket for a brighter future”, in SALBAHIS (SILAHIS), MSU-IIT, page 5:

  Igo-igong kwarta, ibayad pa ug ticket nga gi require ni Mamsir; minus powents kon mudili plus kung mudawat plus-plus pagyud kung mubayad deretso. lbaligya nimo'g balik, di pud mahalin kay ngadto na mamalit ang estudyante sa gikan gyud kang mamsir.

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