tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post1107269910150084555..comments2024-03-28T21:32:26.550+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Don't 'Mister' me! My identity is Doctor...Bruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-69042474597344940232019-03-25T01:27:26.779+00:002019-03-25T01:27:26.779+00:00Almost. He’s The Good Doctor.Almost. He’s The Good Doctor.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14705791107444858567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-31808912724911853452019-03-22T13:19:20.234+00:002019-03-22T13:19:20.234+00:00I am undefined at best, and defined poorly at wors...I am undefined at best, and defined poorly at worst by what someone calls me. (As I am fond of saying, "Just don't call me late for dinner.")<br /><br />And thanks for the amusement Doctor. (You are THE DOCTOR, right?)Nicholas Fulfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15779171820370486921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-78317512819795873622019-03-21T22:51:27.965+00:002019-03-21T22:51:27.965+00:00Isn't your satire aimed the wrong way? I think...Isn't your satire aimed the wrong way? I think you are alluding to some item in The News about a bureaucratic directive mandating that you acknowledge certain people's success at changing their sex, and you respond by comparing it to the perennial human fascination with titles and forms of address. It's as though you were driven by revulsion at some hideous tattoo to write an amusing post about the vanity of donning clothes and cutting our hair. Karlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06030980000235824571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-14880792751971103722019-03-21T18:44:15.571+00:002019-03-21T18:44:15.571+00:00Is a newspaper really prepared to take on the task...Is a newspaper really prepared to take on the task of distinguishing a Ms Doe who has a Ph.D. from one who has a D.Phil., a D.Sc., ...?deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-16118402721705590252019-03-21T16:25:06.389+00:002019-03-21T16:25:06.389+00:00You jest, but...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news...You jest, but...<br /><br />https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6133325/Academic-slams-Qantas-flight-attendant-calls-Miss-instead-Doctor.html<br /><br />https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2018/06/15/doctor-internet-mansplain_a_23460141/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer_us=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_cs=H7Jzl5YO923maWvm8rNy3A<br /><br />There was something of a hoo-hah when a newspaper, following the AP style guide, referring to a woman as "Jane Doe, PhD", rather than "Dr. Jane Doe" (reserved for medical doctors). That was the story I was looking for when I found the above two...Cerereanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14935694167944319731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-4158217338232175702019-03-21T14:23:47.211+00:002019-03-21T14:23:47.211+00:00@MT - (In contrast to university educated Physicia...@MT - (In contrast to university educated Physicians) Surgeons used to be Barber Surgeons, tradesmen trained by apprenticeship - and when they became prestigious in the 1800s they retained this. Mister was, in those days, a title restricted to respectable folk. <br /><br />This became an inverted snobbery; and couple of generations ago surgeons would refuse to do doctorates such as the MD or PhD - the highest surgical degree (by thesis, equivalent in status to a doctorate) would therefore be a Master of Surgery<br /><br />Becausse they too are surgeons, British dentists were/ are also Mister, and their higher degrees were also called Master.<br /><br />@Anon - You need to use a name or pseudonym to comment on this blog. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-15872253581810271252019-03-21T13:29:37.957+00:002019-03-21T13:29:37.957+00:00But do you insist on using loos for "gentleme...But do you insist on using loos for "gentlemen"?deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-53316893197871070472019-03-21T12:38:48.514+00:002019-03-21T12:38:48.514+00:00I was born a Master and later transitioned to Mist...I was born a Master and later transitioned to Mister, so I know how you feel.Wm Jas Tychonievichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07446790072877463982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-49419223579802839682019-03-21T12:37:50.922+00:002019-03-21T12:37:50.922+00:00Nicely done!Nicely done!Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14131427883067501547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-79055569046240716442019-03-21T10:58:33.274+00:002019-03-21T10:58:33.274+00:00then chose again to be Mister, when qualifying as ...then chose again to be Mister, when qualifying as surgeons. <br /><br />What? Weird Britishism, to be sure!<br /><br />As my wife knows, I went through a period of being extremely uncomfortable being called "Dr.". Nowadays I register as "Dr." on forms or whatever, mostly because I think it's funny, although doubtless no one else gets my little joke.Matthew Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10705518098650594541noreply@blogger.com