You sir, have won this thread.
I’m not a sir. Maybe I should start prefacing all my posts with a ♀?
That would be pretty cool, but it was my error, not yours.
As far as I’m concerned, “sir” is gender-neutral enough. All the female equivalents in English are awkward.
Edit: So, what honorific do you prefer? “Madam”?
I am not a Starfleet officer. “Sir” is not appropriate.
I don’t really like honorifics. “Miss” would be fine, I suppose, if you must have a sir-equivalent.
You sir, have made a gender assumption.
So have you—yours just happened to be correct. But, point taken—sir or madam.
You sir, have won this thread.
I’m not a sir. Maybe I should start prefacing all my posts with a ♀?
That would be pretty cool, but it was my error, not yours.
As far as I’m concerned, “sir” is gender-neutral enough. All the female equivalents in English are awkward.
Edit: So, what honorific do you prefer? “Madam”?
I am not a Starfleet officer. “Sir” is not appropriate.
I don’t really like honorifics. “Miss” would be fine, I suppose, if you must have a sir-equivalent.
You sir, have made a gender assumption.
So have you—yours just happened to be correct. But, point taken—sir or madam.