A German comedian greets with something akin to: dear ladies and gentlemen and everyone inbetween and outside. It sounds better in German tho π
this post was submitted on 11 Nov 2026
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"My lords. My ladies. And everybody else here not sitting on a cushion!"
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Dearest and gentlest people gathered here today
Theydies and mentlegen if you wanna confuse people
"Ladies and Gentlemen, and all you other Earthling types!"
Et cetera is fairly professional, although some might consider it mildly dismissive
Heathens if you're going for a more fun tone.
Skip it and use "esteemed guests" or something
Odo uses "Ladies and gentleman, and androgynous beings", or something to that effect in a very early episode of Deep Space Nine.
why not just replace it with everyone? good evening everyone. attention everyone.
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Yo bastards.
Scooter's greeting in the Sleep With Me Podcast:
"ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, and friends beyond the binary"
At least, I think that's what he says. I'm usually already falling asleep.
I usually go with "ladies and gentlemen, eithers and neithers". It's not fully inclusive, but has a good cadence!
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In what context in particular? Could "Everyone" work?
Think about making an announcement in a formal gathering. Not that I need to do it, but out of curiosity.
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Earthlings?
It's funny at first I didn't understand it because you already had three words. But I figured it out in only like 10 minutes.
Ladies, gentlemen, and beyond!
Fred Durst already solved this issue. All the ladies, all the fellas, and all the people that don't give a fuck. Hot mamas, pimp daddy's, and all the people rollin up in caddies
I don't know the context, but, to me, unless gender is relevant or important to the discussion, it doesn't need to be mentioned.
My interpretation is the same as "I don't need to know the race of everyone involved."
You are right. I guess the question came from the idea of maintaining and extending a tradition, but it's utterly unnecessary.
My last boss just said βHello, friendsβ.
Gentlefolk
Y'all.
What up m'people!
Ladies, Gentlemen, members of the Jury. Ladies, Gentlemen, esteemed colleagues. Ladies, Gentlemen, all yall Welcome aboard party people