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You're phrasing is rather ambigous then Isaac Send a noteboard - 07/02/2013 12:26:46 AM
Ph.D.s are becoming ubiquitous, and a great many of them are entirely useless. As a result, calling every jerkoff with a Ph.D. in "Comparative Latin American Studies", for example, "Dr.", would be absurd.


You might want to go with "There are a lot of jackasses with useless Ph.D.s these days" next time.

I also pointed out that we no longer live in the Middle Ages, and the title "doctor" is now meant to distinguish someone in the medical profession. "Professor" is just fine for those with Ph.D.s who are engaged in academics. Those who aren't can be Mr., Mrs., Miss or Ms. like everyone else.


Dr. is a regular prefix for Academic Ph.D.s and a lot of protestant clergy, and both have very legit claims to it both historically and in modern common use, and those are the only two really legit standards for such things. If you're stating an opinion, that we should only call medical doctorates doctor, that's fine, but it is an opinion.
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Every other doctorate but medicine is useless? Isaac - 06/02/2013 10:20:40 PM 469 Views
I never said that. I said every other jackass had a useless Ph.D. Tom - 06/02/2013 10:59:34 PM 496 Views
You're phrasing is rather ambigous then Isaac - 07/02/2013 12:26:46 AM 480 Views
"Your" and "ambiguous". Tom - 07/02/2013 03:39:01 AM 493 Views
You're being petty and you're avoiding the topic *NM* Isaac - 07/02/2013 05:03:27 AM 306 Views
I don't see how his phrasing is ambiguous. Legolas - 07/02/2013 09:07:45 AM 571 Views
I am disinclined to give him the benefit of the doubt when he's seems to be picking an argument Isaac - 07/02/2013 11:46:02 AM 989 Views
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When it happens, language will have "progressed" so far... jh - 06/02/2013 06:24:00 AM 521 Views
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Thank you everyone for the input imlad - 12/02/2013 08:51:05 PM 582 Views
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