Timeline for What are appropriate gender-agnostic alternatives to sir/ma'am?
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| Aug 28, 2017 at 17:35 | comment | added | user2921 | This answer avoids answering the question because you are not trying to specify an individual. If in a crowd of people and you say, "Excuse me" to a person walking away, they are unlikely to know you meant them and will not turn around and you will not get their attention. OP wishes to use a qualifier so it alerts the person they may be speaking to them, rather than someone else. Sir and madam are a weak qualifier, but people still respond to hearing that they are in that qualification. | |
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| Jul 31, 2017 at 16:11 | comment | added | apaul | @Catija "Or if you just need to get someone's attention you can try the antiquated: Excuse me." | |
| Jul 31, 2017 at 16:09 | comment | added | Catija | I think this is a great answer to a different question. This question seems to have been brought about by someone saying something along the lines of "excuse me, ma'am" and then moving along in the train. I don't know that there's time to ascertain this if someone's just asking to be let out of their seat or to get by. | |
| Jul 31, 2017 at 15:27 | history | answered | apaul | CC BY-SA 3.0 |