So? That's what you do when you have a doctorate. That's what doctorate means. It means you're a doctor. You don't have to be an MD to be called 'doctor. Maybe it's changed in the 10 years since I've been to college, but when I went, you called your professors 'doctor' when addressing them.
I thought the common use was to use the "Dr." prefix when used in an applicable context. Referring to yourself as "Dr." in the context of computer games when your doctorate is in experimental child psychology would imply authority where there is none. No law or rule, just common use.
No, that isn't common at all. The common use is to use "Dr." whenever you feel like it. It is perfectly acceptable and not misleading at all.
Anyone who assumes that someone has expert knowledge in any field whatsoever, just because they stick some letters in front of or after their name, is being stupid. There is no reason for people who have earned a doctorate to hide that fact just because there are idiots around.
Someone with a PhD is perfectly entitled to call themselves Dr. at all times, regardless of circumstances, and common sense doesn't enter into it. My father has one. He calls himself Dr. when buying plane tickets, filling out medical forms, introducing himself to others, and at any other time when someone asks him for his honorific.
He is perfectly entitled to call himself "doctor", but honestly it just reeks of puffing oneself up when it's used to sign off on his legal and business documents and omitted elsewhere. In retrospect ["Dr. Langdell"] would've been better than ["Dr." Langdell].
Introducing yourself by title isn't courtesy. Throwing a temper tantrum when someone calls you Mr. instead of Dr. isn't courtesy. Dr. is an academic title, it's a professional title; outside of school or your place of employment you have no right to expect to be called Dr. Anyone who does, is a twat.
It is perfectly acceptable to use the title 'Dr' if you have been awarded a doctorate.
It's perfectly acceptable to do so in a professional or academic setting.
Indeed, in the UK you change your identity papers, passport etc to reflect the change in title.
I don't live in the UK. I am not bound by the standards of behavior there.
We should celebrate achievement by hard working people in academia and other fields and not be scared by idiots like yourself that use 'pretentious' to attack them.
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He's got a doctorate in experimental child psychology - his thesis was on autism. It's just that he refers to himself as Dr. Langdell all the time.
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I thought the common use was to use the "Dr." prefix when used in an applicable context. Referring to yourself as "Dr." in the context of computer games when your doctorate is in experimental child psychology would imply authority where there is none.
No law or rule, just common use.
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No, that isn't common at all. The common use is to use "Dr." whenever you feel like it. It is perfectly acceptable and not misleading at all.
Anyone who assumes that someone has expert knowledge in any field whatsoever, just because they stick some letters in front of or after their name, is being stupid. There is no reason for people who have earned a doctorate to hide that fact just because there are idiots around.
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Well, you would be wrong. (Score:3, Informative)
Someone with a PhD is perfectly entitled to call themselves Dr. at all times, regardless of circumstances, and common sense doesn't enter into it. My father has one. He calls himself Dr. when buying plane tickets, filling out medical forms, introducing himself to others, and at any other time when someone asks him for his honorific.
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He is perfectly entitled to call himself "doctor", but honestly it just reeks of puffing oneself up when it's used to sign off on his legal and business documents and omitted elsewhere. In retrospect ["Dr. Langdell"] would've been better than ["Dr." Langdell].
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Those of us who are not pretentious twats find that behavior to be annoying. Hence, the twat quotes around 'Dr.'
LK
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Introducing yourself by title isn't courtesy. Throwing a temper tantrum when someone calls you Mr. instead of Dr. isn't courtesy. Dr. is an academic title, it's a professional title; outside of school or your place of employment you have no right to expect to be called Dr. Anyone who does, is a twat.
LK
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I guess you haven't read enough of the comments on this one. He's a twat.
LK
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So instead of "Dr. Langdell" he should be called "Twat Langdell"? Or are you saying he should be called "Dr. Twat"?
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I'm thinking Dr. Twat Langdell.
LK
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It is perfectly acceptable to use the title 'Dr' if you have been awarded a doctorate.
It's perfectly acceptable to do so in a professional or academic setting.
Indeed, in the UK you change your identity papers, passport etc to reflect the change in title.
I don't live in the UK. I am not bound by the standards of behavior there.
We should celebrate achievement by hard working people in academia and other fields and not be scared by idiots like yourself that use 'pretentious' to attack them.
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Also, when I do get my Doctorate, outside of the professional and academic settings I'm not going to throw my Dr. title around like this twat.
I'll be perfectly happy with Lord.
LK