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> Never refer to a Dr. as Mr./Mrs./Ms. It just isn't done. In fairness to Prof. Clark, it's not like he was pointing out that faux pas to someone who didn't kn
by mpyne 16y ago
> Never refer to a Dr. as Mr./Mrs./Ms. It just isn't done.
In fairness to Prof. Clark, it's not like he was pointing out that faux pas to someone who didn't know of his position. Jeff Atwood by this point would be well aware of Prof. Clark's qualifications.
I'm not going to say that Jeff deliberately downgraded Prof. Clark's title in his reply (as opposed to the entirely possible "I just call everyone Mr./Ms.") but given Joel Spolsky's comment elsewhere in this thread about "being nice" (note: direct quote! ;) I'm feeling some cognitive dissonance here.
- codinghorror 16y agoCheck the revision history on my post; that Dr. / Mr. thing was corrected in under 15 minutes (22:07 to 22:22) ... whereas the reply referring to it was submitted at 23:00, 8 minutes AFTER it was already corrected. But who needs facts when you have drama? http://meta.math.stackexchange.com/posts/1993/revisions http://meta.math.stackexchange.com/posts/1993/revisions
- b0sk 16y agoI think you mean 38 minutes. To be fair, Dr.Clark's message was really long. Maybe, he already had your post in his editor before you corrected it. I can't fault either of you.