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Feb 22, 2019the 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. Sep 22, 2011yes, milady comes from "my lady". Milady (from my lady) is an english term of address to a noble woman.

Ladies 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',. Lady comes from an old english compound noun meaning roughly "loaf kneader," whereas lord comes from a compound noun meaning "loaf.

May 3, 2014at the beginning of the my fair lady movie, there is a monologue of prof. Jul 4, 2017how did "lady" and "ladies" come to differ in conveying degree of respect? Does calling to a strange woman "hey, lady!" sound angry?

Having heard the phrase, "faint heart never won fair lady" for the third time in very short span, i'm determined to find out its origin. 23 and me punctuates it "lady, wife, mistress of a household".