Comment by nobody9999

>Sometimes I wish English had an easy way for me to convey "I respect you" as subtext.

I find that sir/ma'am plus politeness (please, thank you, etc.) works nicely.

While there is the chance that you might misgender someone with that, that's not very common (at least for me) as long as you, you know, pay attention.

That said unless they have a note tattooed on their forehead with their preferred term of address, I can only use non-language cues to determine the appropriate term.

On the rare occasions where I use the wrong term and am corrected, I am fastidious in adhering to the requested term(s).

None of that's is rocket surgery, just simple respect for other humans IMHO.