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Originally Posted by Douglas MacNeill
This is inspired by the corresponding thread under Women-Focused Support:
Does being sirred, being addressed as "sir", please or offend you?
Just for fun, does being addressed as "mister"--without the family name--please or offend you?
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Technically it should be Master which is what Mr. is the abbrieviation for, and the same with the female Mrs./Miss. which sould be Mistress.
Being addressed as Sir is just polite in a formal situation, and/or as a mark of respect.
I'd much rather somebody said "Excuse me Sir", rather than "Excuse me 'mister'" as the latter is actually quite rude.