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> However, several of the PhDs had forgotten they had one, particularly those that had not subsequently remained in the ivory tower. Hah, yeah, sometimes PhD's
by _Nat_ 7y ago
> However, several of the PhDs had forgotten they had one, particularly those that had not subsequently remained in the ivory tower.
Hah, yeah, sometimes PhD's don't stress their "Dr." title to avoid being mistaken for a medical doctor in miscellaneous medical emergencies.
For example, I'd heard one professor say that after checking the "Dr." title on an airline ticket, he was called upon in-flight to deal with a medical emergency, only to have to explain that he wasn't that kind of "Dr.". Thereafter, he reverted to "Mr." in such informal situations.
Then in professional environments, we often go by first names anyway.
- inopinatus 7y agoTo be scrupulously honest we allowed the medical doctors into that photo as well, partly because wedding, but some of them had both anyway, including the bride's father, who like many people possessing more post-nominal characters than a French grand opera enjoyed a most commanding personality, which would've made any objections quite impossible even if they hadn't been ungenerously contrary to the celebratory spirit of such a day. > Thereafter, he reverted to "Mr." in such informal situations "Oh! So you're a surgeon!" [1] [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1119265/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1119265/