http://www.bing.com:80/search?q=Lady+Behind+a+ComputerSearch resultshttp://www.bing.com:80/s/a/rsslogo.gifhttp://www.bing.com:80/search?q=Lady+Behind+a+ComputerCopyright © 2026 Microsoft. All rights reserved. These XML results may not be used, reproduced or transmitted in any manner or for any purpose other than rendering Bing results within an RSS aggregator for your personal, non-commercial use. Any other use of these results requires express written permission from Microsoft Corporation. By accessing this web page or using these results in any manner whatsoever, you agree to be bound by the foregoing restrictions.https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/486742/ladys-ladies-or-ladiesThe plural possessive is "ladies'." "Lady" is singular, so if you were referring solely to one woman's shoes, it would be "the lady's shoes." As for your second question, I'm assuming you're referring to a group of women in your salutation of them, so it would be "Good morning, ladies." And as you're addressing them directly, the comma preceding "ladies" is necessary.Tue, 21 Apr 2026 23:38:00 GMThttps://english.stackexchange.com/questions/42830/origin-of-miladyYes, milady comes from "my lady". 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: In the nineteenth century, milord (also milor) (pronounced "mee-lor") was well-known as a word which continental Europeans (especially French) whose jobs often brought them into contact with travellers (innkeepers, guides ...Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:19:00 GMThttps://english.stackexchange.com/questions/610235/is-there-an-opposite-gender-for-ladyI 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'.Tue, 14 Apr 2026 20:33:00 GMThttps://english.stackexchange.com/questions/504934/where-did-shakespeare-get-milk-of-human-kindness-fromEven when Lady Macbeth says: "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).Tue, 21 Apr 2026 18:45:00 GMThttps://english.stackexchange.com/questions/608353/look-lady-listen-lady-lady-as-a-pejorativeI tried searching Google Ngram Viewer for "Look lady" and "Listen lady", both capitalized so as to occur at the start of a sentence, with the hope that these ngrams would reflect the usage of "lady" in a derogatory/dismissive sense. It seems to have come into usage around 1950, and really took off in the late 1990s.Sat, 11 Apr 2026 19:25:00 GMThttps://english.stackexchange.com/questions/79408/correct-use-of-possession-for-the-plural-ladiesLadies is the plural form of lady, so the apostrophe goes to the right - ladies'. 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 ...Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:14:00 GMThttps://english.stackexchange.com/questions/622244/what-does-lady-wife-mistress-of-a-household-meanSome websites have a different version: 23 and me punctuates it "lady, wife, mistress of a household". Both that and the OP's link reference Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, 2022, which should be your first port of call for accurate details and more information.Tue, 14 Apr 2026 07:19:00 GMThttps://english.stackexchange.com/questions/102308/why-do-people-use-lady-wife-to-refer-to-their-wife"Lady wife" survives that confusing mess as a term half ironic and half straight, with tone perhaps leaning it heavily into the ironic ("oh oh! must not stay out drinking any later, the lady wife will not approve!") or more heavily into the straight ("my good lady wife is a joy and a rock of support to me").Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:34:00 GMThttps://english.stackexchange.com/questions/579508/ladies-captain-or-ladies-captainLadies Captain means the Captain responsible for Ladies Golf elected to represent the Lady Members at Club and County level and to fulfil [sic] any requirements of the relevant Golf Association.Sun, 19 Apr 2026 20:35:00 GMThttps://english.stackexchange.com/questions/5370/why-ladybirdIn case you don't know, in British English, the little red-with-black-spots insect is not called a "ladybug", as in North America, but a "ladybird". This seems rather a poor act of classification,...Tue, 21 Apr 2026 07:03:00 GMT