Suggestions, please for a gender-free prefix.?

I think in Japan, they simply use your name or surname and attach a gender free suffix of san. Wouldn't it be wonderful if the whole whole adopted this gender neutral address? Andrew-san? Dorothy-san? Smith-san? Washington-san?

Although, I believe they use "chan" in place of "san" for children. So that may give away one's age.

The only think I can suggest for a formal letter is - To whom it may concern.

Difficult one this - because if such a prefix existed, it could lead to all sorts of problems. If, for the sake of argument, the gender-free prefix was MSR (as in, a combination of Miss, Ms & Mr), and you didn't wish to include a first name which, as you rightly say, can very often identify the gender of the recipient, you are left with using just the prefix and surname.

There might be lots of people with the same surname within a company, so the letter might end up with the wrong Smith, or Jones.

If you were to use the prefix, initial and surname, and send a letter like that to a household like my family, there are 4 of us with the same initial. Problems?

Anyway, my sugestion is "Msr", but I think it might be a can of worms.

Good luck.

Deity is the word!!! But seriously I use God because its the convention and its what the bible and many other religious books use. Goddess is usually used by feminists who want to make a point about equality, but to me that draws too much attention and in fact it does the opposite and promotes women above men which is absurd and hypocritical. By the way are you a feminist? No offence but Godoress sounds very silly and people will laugh at you. But its a free country!! Also you must never learn Spanish or French because almost everything is gender specific!! I think your belief needs a little rationality, i'm just trying to help you.

Prefix (which comes at the beginning of a word) or suffix?

By the way, it's easy to tell that someone whose honorific is "Ms." is female. What you don't know right away is that person's marital status! Earned honorifics, such as military rank titles ("Sergeant" or "Captain", for instance) or "Doctor", do not indicate gender, but I do not know what to suggest otherwise. (Call everybody "Comrade", maybe?)

Hi, I work in a largest financial industry in the Philippines. And we respect and honor diversity. Regarless of gender, sex, age, orientations, race or religion.

We are trained to greet and serve our clients with fair and equal lending, by changing terms into more collective and equal manner.

Ex:

Spouse = husband or wife

Child = son or daughter

Domestic Partner or Partner = gay or lesbian couples

Parent = mother or father

Cardmember/Client/Customer

Agent

Atty.

Happy Holidays = Merry Christmas

Unless if the person you are speaking with is requesting to be addressed as such.

Except, when I am speaking with my bosses. I address them by their titles.

Use your first initial and your last name such as writing M. Smith for example. Do not use the term Dr. unless you have a doctorate's degree.

Honorable or Respectable before the name ,is a gendre free prefix

You know, your remark that, "so far your responses are uninspiring" is insulting! Those who responded were kind enough to spend a moment on YOUR problem. You owe all of them an apology.

I would just write TO THE FAMILY AT 1122 BLUE AVE. ETC.

AND SIGN B.J.

Doctor? Reverend? Professor? - only joking just use your first initial and no form of address if you're that worried!