Con la pena, “with embarrassment,” said before asking something of someone. Con permiso, “with permission,” said when passing or leaving. A la orden, “at your order.” ¿Mande?, said when someone calls. In 2011, the linguist Concepción Company Company listed these in Letras Libres as examples of “atenuación cortés” (courteous softening). She named it as one of the patterns recorded in the Diccionario de mexicanismos of the Mexican Academy of the Language.