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itinerantme@lemmy.wtf 10 months ago
I have started just using M. Like, “Dear M. Lastname”. I saw it being done in French and just adopted it for English too. No one’s complained yet. (Have also seen Mx. but figure that could be confusing.)
bitcrafter@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months ago
In the sci-fi book Hyperion (which takes place hundreds of years in the future) they use this convention throughout and it works really well, so I’ve also wished that it were widely adopted in our society. (Except for androids, where the title is A. rather than M.)
HardlightCereal@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I’ve been playing though Prey and seeing people refer to Morgan Yu as “M. Yu” always throws me for a loop because I think they’re using an honorific. Doesn’t help that Morgan is already designed to be a gender-ambivalent character so the player can choose their gender and the story will still be the same
Wahots@pawb.social 10 months ago
A sci-fi book from 1991 used that, and I thought it was just futurespeak. TIL!
Ghost33313@kbin.social 10 months ago
TIL M. Bison was nonbinary.
charles@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Just fyi, M. in French is only equivalent to Mr, it’s short for Monsieur. Mme (short for Madame) is equivalent to Mrs, and Mlle (short for Mademoiselle) is equivalent to Miss/Ms.
So using M. for everyone is equivalent to saying Mr. for everyone.
itinerantme@lemmy.wtf 10 months ago
Yeah, I know! That’s why I was surprised when someone addressed me as “M.” in French. So, I thought “that’s neat!” and picked it up.
abbotsbury@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Ehh, it can be adapted to mean Mister/Misses if that’s how people interpret it.