[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Joanne Rowling's Doctorates

[Jeremy Davis]

Bluesqueak said :
> Yup. It's a tradition developed from the fact that surgeons didn't
> used to be academically trained; physicians always were. The
> physicians used to insult the surgeons by calling them 'Mister', the
> surgeons took it up as a badge of honour.
>
> Nowadays, Mister Brown the surgeon probably has enough letters after
> his name to provide alphabet soup to the entire hospital.

Mr father-in-law Dr Yardley PhD always teases his daughter Dr Rivett MBChB
about not being a *proper* Dr!!!

Also my father-in-law has a PhD in Mechanical Mathematics (whatever that
means!!). He is a University lecturer. Just because he is a university
lecturer does NOT mean he can call himself *Professor* Yardley. In the UK
you have to be awarded your Professorship for your work, which would in
general take 10s of years. It winds him up that leacturers in the US all
seem to be called *Professor* just because the teach at a Univesity.
(Correct me if I'm wrong). For that matter why are ALL the teachers a
Hogwarts call *Professor* and not some *Doctor*????