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"Il suo tea sta arrivando signora, non si preoccupi!" come lo dico 
evitando "is arriving" ??
grazie

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 Your tea is coming for you,lady.Don't worry.
I wouldn't say "lady", but "ma'am".
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On Mon, 23 May 2005 23:04:09 +0200, Robbie Genclar wrote:
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"Your ... for you", I think not.
"Your tea's coming, ma'am..."
"Your tea'll be here in a moment..."
Something like that.
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Xakero

 evitando "is arriving" ??
Si può dire : "Your tea is being cooked" ?
Ciao

 viene servito velocemente .. nel caso si cambia bar! :) :)
Maybe "I assure you that...", if the tea hasn't been served after, say,
fifteen or twenty minutes? To say nothing of "Don't worry, lady", which
would be terribly rude, I fear. (smiling face)
Bye, FB
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No. If anything, "...prepared", but it wouldn't do in this context.
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Xakero

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Besides, even its Italian translation sounds a bit clumsy to me. "Stiamo
cucinando/cuocendo il suo tè". I don't think so.
Bye, FB
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 a tea ....
"Your tea is brewing right now"? Descriptive, but maybe necessary if the
woman has been waiting for thirty minutes or so. Right?
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 I wouldn't say "lady", but "ma'am".
Avoid "ma'am" in England, personal suggestion ;-) Ok for US.
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Marco Paunescu
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Love is the Dance of Eternity

 "Your tea'll be here in a moment..."
anche:
"it won't be long now"

 serve this tea ... we're talking about it for more than 30 minutes. LOL
The tea has probably been ready for 30 minutes, but the bartender has got
other things on his mind than serving it...

 Avoid "ma'am" in England, personal suggestion ;-) Ok for US.
Perché?

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Ma'am e Sir non sono così graditi in Inghilterra, come Lady e Mr negli
US. Vengono usati spesso ironicamente.
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Avoid "ma'am" in England, personal suggestion ;-) Ok for US.
Unless it's the Queen ;)

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So, "lady" doesn't fit, "ma'am" seems not do do, either... "Your tea will
be served in a minute, xxxxx"?
Bye, FB
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Bunbury died."
"He seems to have had great confidence in the opinion of his physicians."
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 be served in a minute, xxxxx"?
Just use "lady" in the UK and "ma'am" in the US. Dunno about Australia,
South Africa, etc.
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 South Africa, etc.
Are you sure? You can't say "your tea will be served in a minute, lady",
can you?
Bye, FB
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 can you?
Buddy, I'm more familiar with American English. In the UK they'd
probably say "Miss" or "Mrs", rather than "lady", which sounds more
proper if referred to an important woman or an old... lady!
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 South Africa, etc.
"Your tea will be ready a few minutes, lady"???
I fear not. (British understatement for "cazzo dici?")
Hard-boiled private eyes can end sentences with "lady", perhaps,
but random members of the public, at least in the UK, can't.

 your tea will be served in a minute, lady
questa e quella che mi piace di piu, Grazie!
potrei dire: "your tea will be served in a flash/presently/as soon as I 
can/before you say Jack Robersoon/" ??
grazie!

 proper if referred to an important woman or an old... lady!
You can't really end a sentence with "Mrs", either, in formal
speech, and only if you're from the North of England in informal speech.
You should use "Miss", "Sir", "Madam", yes. "my lady" (milady) or "my 
lord" (milord) if you're a butler to an actual aristocrat, perhaps.

 but random members of the public, at least in the UK, can't.
Thanks, Adam. 
The same goes for AmEng, as far as I know.
Bye, FB
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 The same goes for AmEng, as far as I know.
For the record, very chummy shopkeepers, especially but
not exclusively in the North, end sentences with "pet",
"dear", "dearie", "ducks", "duckie", "love", "petal",
"darlin'" (London, I think), and possibly other terms that have
slipped my mind for the moment.

 can/before you say Jack Robersoon/" ??
"as soon as possible" rather than "as soon as I can", I think.
"Jack Robinson", iirc
How about:
in two shakes of a lamb's tail
momentarily
in a trice

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Actually I never found the use of "Sir" and "Ma'am" appreciated in
England... I'd say "Miss" is the most used, and "lady" in very formal
speech, as said before.
On the contrary, "Sir" and "Ma'am" are widely used in the US.
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 speech, as said before.
But "lady" on its own _isn't_ formal speech. "my lady" is insanely
formal and not likely to be heard outside of a stately home,
and "lady" on its own is something American detectives in black
and white films say. Could you give me an example of a formal
UK sentence where "lady" is used instead of "Sir"?

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Consider "right/straight away"
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I don't get the question: "lady" is for women, "sir" for men...
BTW, if you say "the tea will be served in a moment, lady", I assume
you're addressing to an old woman or something like that.
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 you're addressing to an old woman or something like that.
But you can't say "The tea will be served in a moment, lady".
Unless that was the way it was said in the 16th century, or
something. "lady" like that sounds to me, as I said, like
a private eye, and it's not especially polite.

 it's not especially polite.
Same for "sir", no?
In any case, don't you think "lady" might be used for an old granny or
something?
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 something?
No. For all I know, it could be the correct form of address
for a Duchess or something.

 for a Duchess or something.
So only a woman with a sort of title of nobility?
Cheers
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 be served in a minute, xxxxx"?
Si dice "Your tea will be served in a minute/in a moment/shortly/in a
few minutes" e basta.
In qualche ristorante "posh" si dice "madam", ma normalmente non si dice
proprio niente.
E come il fatto che laddove in italiano si dice "Buon giorno Signora",
in inglese si dice "Hello/good morning" ecc. e basta.
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Mary

 So only a woman with a sort of title of nobility?
"Lady" on its own, I'm really not sure. Perhaps goddesses,
by analogy with addressing gods as "Lord".
I'd call Lady Fitzmilton "Lady Fitzmilton" the first time
I spoke to her. I don't know what I'd say the second time.
I don't think "Lady" is it.

 grazie
"Your tea is on its way". 

 Hard-boiled private eyes
"I detective che appaiono in racconti del genere hard-boiled"
giusto?
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Enrico C

 giusto?
Yes

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Otherwise it sounds like "ué, te!".
Ciao, FB
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"Is this Miss Prism a female of repellent aspect, remotely connected with
education?" "She is the most cultivated of ladies, and the very picture of
respectability" "It is obviously the same person".
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 Otherwise it sounds like "ué, te!".
Absolutely, but I was considering the opportunity of using it without
such an effect on an old granny or important woman...
Ciao for now
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"Unfortunately, the way is very long".
Bye, FB
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privata."
(Intervista della Gialappa's Band a Elisabetta Canalis)

 Ciao for now
As Adam has said, "milady" would be more likely.
P.S. I can't stop laughing: Picchi translates "milord" as "milord,
milordo".
Bye, FB
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"Please, do. I like to go off in style."
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 milordo".
Never heard. Perhaps a Mussolini word?
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Enrico C

 "Unfortunately, the way is very long".
"And doesn't take to you... Ma'am, ha ha ha ha!" 
;)
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Maybe. Picchi also translates "bar" as "mescita", with the tag
"quando-c'era-lui".
Ciao, FB
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No. If anything, "...prepared", but it wouldn't do in this context.
Maybe "Your tea is being brewed"
'bye

 grazie
Your tea will be served shortly ma'am.
bye


In the US, and particularly in New York, "lady" is used only rarely in
addressing a woman, and you would never address a woman as "lady"
under normal circumstances.
If a woman left her credit card on the counter as she left a store,
the clerk might yell "Hey, lady, you forgot your credit card". A less
crude person might yell, "Excuse me, Ma'am, you forgot your credit
card".
We use "lady" when talking about a woman, but it is not normally used
to address a woman directly.
Joe from Massachusetts

 slipped my mind for the moment.
Il fruttivendolo al mercato mi ha appena chiamato "honey". Mi devo 
preoccupare?

 proprio niente.
"You shall be served your tea presently", in a very very posh restaurant??
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 "You shall be served your tea presently", in a very very posh restaurant??
No, I really can't imagine anyone using "shall" like that nowadays.
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Mary

 milordo".
Bella :-) Il milordo è un serpente, comune in talia, è chiamato anche 
biacco.
Tabhall