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?

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[–] 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

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