- 1. Re: Credit Where Credit is Due (no LBC content) (score: 1)
- Author: Ann Snyder <snydera@mis.finchcms.edu>
- Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 10:10:57 -0500
- A direct quote from "Miss Manners": "Dear Miss Manners-- I have a Ph.D. in astrophysics. Once in a while, I like to introduce myself as "Dr. Jones." My wife has lately informed me, however, that soci
- /html/mgs/1998-07/msg00816.html (7,785 bytes)
- 2. Re: Credit Where Credit is Due (no LBC content) (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Macy <macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu>
- Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 11:40:18 -0400
- Phooey on Miss Manners. In the Academic Community it is a slander NOT to refer to a Ph.D. by the use of the title Doctor. Those of us who worked and earned the title know whom the pretenders are. La
- /html/mgs/1998-07/msg00819.html (8,455 bytes)
- 3. Re: Credit Where Credit is Due (no LBC content) (score: 1)
- Author: john peloquin <peloquin@galaxy.ucr.edu>
- Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 08:58:37 -0700 (PDT)
- Dear Ann and others, ALthough I agree that PhDs not use the Doctor title socially in Anglophone countries, Miss Manners is incorrect regarding the "traditional" usage of Doctor by MDs. This is relati
- /html/mgs/1998-07/msg00823.html (9,490 bytes)
- 4. Re: Credit Where Credit is Due (no LBC content) (score: 1)
- Author: Ann Snyder <snydera@mis.finchcms.edu>
- Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 11:05:40 -0500
- We are not talking about the academic community here, we are talking about the list, which is closer to a social group. A Ph.D. in one discipline does not imply expertise in others and thus is irrele
- /html/mgs/1998-07/msg00826.html (7,807 bytes)
- 5. Re: Credit Where Credit is Due (no LBC content) (score: 1)
- Author: Pebomor@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 13:24:02 EDT
- I agree with you completely. Although I use my title professionally (psychologist clinician), I _never_ use it socially, and to my mind this list is a social group. Incidentally, an MD/PhD doesn't n
- /html/mgs/1998-07/msg00835.html (7,088 bytes)
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