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At least in Germany, titles are still rather important. I agree that it's silly but if you have a PhD you're very likely to put "Dr." on your doorbell name plat
by Tainnor 3y ago
At least in Germany, titles are still rather important. I agree that it's silly but if you have a PhD you're very likely to put "Dr." on your doorbell name plate.
- cheese_van 3y agoCan confirm. In Germany, recipients of a US visa often complain that their title isn't used on the visa, only their name. Especially PhD visa applicants.
- tetris11 3y agoI think that's just out of the necessity of not having to explain who exactly "her Dr Rer Nat" is.
- cozzyd 3y agonot to mention that often the title is Prof. Dr.
- e1g 3y agoWe had a go-live delayed because the sponsoring executive needed to demo the app to a board member, and would not do it until the UI showed the full greeting of “Prof. Dr. xxxx”. We had to shoehorn that into the data model at the last minute.
- Tainnor 3y agoYeah, professor is an actual title here, you can be a professor without being tenured.
- WentFullRetard 3y ago[dead]
- kypro 3y agoWhat do you mean by, "important"? That it's impolite to not refer to someone using their preferred title, or that people tend to expect them?
- avgcorrection 3y agoA doorbell I can understand;[1] it's your own home. But the requirements might be lower if you are signing up for some Lidl customer benefit club. [1] Well, personally I think that's silly too. But it's a question of degree.
- mcv 3y agoMy mom listed our family as my dad's name with "Dr." in front, I think in the phone book. My dad was never happy about that. But we're not German.