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Hillary Clinton
Related: About this forumI just realized there's a rather big downside to nominating Hillary...
...and that is, we're going to have to decide once and for all how it's spelled:
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Madam President. | |
10 (77%) |
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Madame President. | |
3 (23%) |
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I just realized there's a rather big downside to nominating Hillary... (Original Post)
Chichiri
Feb 2016
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stonecutter357
(12,697 posts)1. I am dyslexic so i went with the obvious.
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)2. I will take that either way.
pandr32
(11,612 posts)7. Absolutely!
BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)3. Both sound good to me!
cosmicone
(11,014 posts)4. In my subconscious mind, "Madam" has an unusual connotation
"Madame" is haut chic and sophisticated.
Rose Siding
(32,623 posts)5. I voted with the majority because I'm so establishment
6chars
(3,967 posts)6. I thought you meant Hillary or Hilary
until I read the poll.
Treant
(1,968 posts)8. The obvious third choice is missing.
"President Clinton."
Technically, "Mr. President" and either version of "Madam(e) President" are redundant anyway, but used fairly often. For some reason, I could never fathom why (except maybe that Marilyn popularized that).
northoftheborder
(7,574 posts)9. or Mrs. (or Ms.) President, as opposed to Mr. President
okasha
(11,573 posts)10. Just personally
I like Senora Presidenta, but settled on Madame.because I'm such an oligarch.