Let’s say there’s someone I want to call Mr/Ms/Mrs [Name], but I don’t know their gender, is there a title I can use that doesn’t assume their gender?
“Hey cunt” works for anybody. But your mileage may vary depending on your location.
Should that not be properly, “Oi, cunt!” ?
Depends on what you’re going for, I guess. I’m just an American who doesn’t like most people.
Works best in Australia
Scotland concurs
Can you say that again, I couldn’t understand that
M’theydy
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Slightly off topic but I really like the approach where the honorific is just dropped entirely. So just [Name]. No Mr/Ms/Mrs. It mostly doesn’t serve any purpose anyway.
I spent the last 20 years in the US military, most of it being referred to as “Sergeant [cobysev].” The past year since I’ve been retired, I’ve been trying to get used to being called “Mr. [cobysev].” It’s really weird, especially since I joined the military at 18, so no one called me Mr. previously.
Honestly you could probably get away with just “Sarge” as a nickname. Won’t help much on official documents but it might make conversation a little more comfortable.
I almost never see it used anymore here in the US, either. Let’s just cancel that useless title.
On the one hand it feels really weird when someone (not a child) calls me with that phrasing - that’s my Dad plus no one does that anymore
But on the other hand it seems disrespectful for a child to call an adult by first name, and I don’t know a better alternative
Try the South
Why don’t we just replace honorifics with pronouns?
She/Her Smith, please find enclosed your Kmart rewards card
That solves the problem of where to put pronouns in formal settings
This is honestly the right answer. You can be formal without the honorific. Include any titles they may have (PHD, PE).
I vote that we change it to Mmm.
That will make all honorific communications sultry and interesting.
Mmm Adulated, We appreciate your interest in our organization, but we regret to inform you that we will not be able to hire you for the role. Please continue to…
Mmm Adulated 🤤
Would you not be Mmm Aspersion?
Mf
Mx. seems the most commonly used for gender neutral. It’s used both by non-binary people and in cases where you purposefully don’t want to put a gender as a prefix.
Is it just pronounced “mix?”
Usually, yes. Or Mixter sometimes.
Too bad we can’t adopt the Japanese “-san” honorific, as it is gender neutral!
I think we can!
I don’t think you can do that without being called a weeb (at least on the western part of the internet).
I bet they use the terms emoji, karaoke, tsunami, karate or origami.
Sup, fool?
Wagwan fam?
“Yo.”
Homie
This is the one.
Mx (pronounced “mix”) is getting more common
Also, Dr
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Lord [name], my [name], my dear [name], the one they call [name], oh great and powerful [name].
Jokes aside, one I’ve heard of that I liked was “misc” like miscellaneous lol. That one works a bit better in writing that verbal though.
Some other popular ones include Mx, M, Ind/Div, N/A, Mt, Nb, and many others.
For my own personal suggestion, I kinda like the idea of using “The” as a gender neutral title. Like instead of Mr or Ms Smith, it’s The Smith. Has a nice ring to it lol
Hello, The Gary…
You can’t tell me that isn’t objectively the best way to refer to someone named Gary.
Chookity!
“My Liege”
The Right Honorable
In all seriousness, I think I’ve seen ‘Mx’ used in this context.
Usually though, you’d go with a generic greeting such as ‘Dear Sir or Madam’ or ‘To whom it may concern’.
I’m still trying to figure out how you pronounce that. Mix? Mks? Mex? M’ex?
Comrade, or Captain
This is exactly my approach, except I usually use Cap’n.
