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Old 10-16-2009, 11:39 AM   #139
BrianD
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Originally Posted by lighthousekeeper View Post
Thought of another one:

People with non-medical PhD degrees who have their email signature be: Dr. SoAndSo or refer to themselves as Dr. SoAndSo.

I'm in IT where most guys I know with PhDs don't do that, but I work with a lot of environmental scientists where that seems to happen more often.


I don't like the whole Dr. salutation in general. It implies a certain elevated status where one shouldn't (imho) exist.

I have occasionally thought about getting my PhD in something for the express purpose of making people address me as Doctor.
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