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Re:Ask HN: How to handle Asian-style “Family name first” whe... by rob74 on Thursday August 31, 2023 @05:43AM (#37334651)
Even "sehr geehrte Müller" already includes the gender (it would be "sehr geehrter" for a man), so if you want to avoid the whole situation, you have to go informal, and indeed, I have received a lot of emails recently which start with simply "Hallo [firstName] [lastName]" (which I guess is still more formal then only "Hallo [firstName]").
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Re:Ask HN: How to handle Asian-style “Family name first” whe... by shafyy on Friday September 01, 2023 @05:27AM (#37348562)
Sure, but in a more formal setting you wouldn't address somebody with "Hallo Martina". So my question is how would you avoid the Herr or Frau in a formal setting?
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