I have a daughter, her husband and three children in Huntsville Alabama. When they are in trouble, they line up, face eye to eye, and say YES SIR, NO SIR. I will not do this again. We will NOT have this problem again sir.
My dad was Navy, and he taught me to address all men as sir, and all women as Ma’am.
Heh, when he was angry at us, and would say in his growly voice “Do you UNDERSTAND? if we answered “Yes.” he would advance his face about a foot towards yours and say in a deeper, more growly voice “Yes WHAT?”
Me, more meekly: “Yes Sir.”
How I love him and miss him.