Re: Addressing people in America

On 30 Apr 2007 20:56:12 -0700, Arcadian Rises
<Arcadianrises@xxxxxxx> wrote:

On Apr 30, 1:05?pm, John Dawkins <artfldo...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
In article <MPG.20a0119b228fc696989...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
4he Omrud <usenet.om...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

But is he a surgeon? f not, the issue would not arise.
mongst
doctors it's only surgeons (of the required professional standing)
who are called Mr.

The actor (Hugh Laurie) is British, but the character House is American.
In the goodle USA, surgeons and diagnosticians and all the other
sawbones are "Doctor".

Unfortunately, even the dentists are called "doctor".

Offense intended.

Most physicists are also addressed as "Doctor". Like dentists,
they have doctorates.

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