Reply to post: Re: No matter what.

Re: No matter what.

Then ask them, "Then how may we address you respectably, given the absence of an honorific is considered itself DIShonorable?"

At least in the US, where knights and nobility never existed, "Sir" is considered the generic honorific for respectably addressing an unknown gentleman. Thus the aforementioned greeting protocol. "Miss" is used for young ladies and "Ma'am" or "Madam" for older women.