Re: deer ralph kennedy


James Schrumpf wrote:
Quiet, Bryan S. Slick <onyx_hokie@xxxxxxxxx> -- I'm transmitting rage.

At about Sat, 18 Mar 2006 15:19:26 -0600, James Schrumpf was dragged
into the street and beaten by an angry mob for writing..

:Why do you think a medical degree is more worthy of being called
:Doctor than a physics degree?

You're joking, I hope.

No. Why would I be?


:If a person is introduced to you as "Dr. Taylor", do you grill them
:about what their "doctor" is for, and then call them "Mr./Ms. Taylor"
:if it's not in medicine?

"Good to meet you, SGT Slick.. Doctor Soandso."
"Oh, doctor eh? What specialty?"
"Pardon?"
"What field?"
"Oh. Geology."
"OH.. so you've got a PhD. I thought you meant you were a doctor."




Then you're a rude SOB. Do you even know what "PhD" means?


Piled high and Deep.

I work with quite a few PhDs yet I've never ever heard anyone refer to
them as doctor so and so. Even on formal company documents.

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