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May 9 2021 09:33am
Was reading about joe biden's wife calling herself doctor and it turns out she aint one. What is it with people with phd's insisting on being called doctors? I know it's legit but society has moved on and no one thinks of you when they think of doctors.

anyone with a phd here wanna chime in?


This post was edited by duffman316 on May 9 2021 09:33am
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May 9 2021 09:49am
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May 9 2021 11:09am
Quote (duffman316 @ May 9 2021 11:33am)
Was reading about joe biden's wife calling herself doctor and it turns out she aint one. What is it with people with phd's insisting on being called doctors? I know it's legit but society has moved on and no one thinks of you when they think of doctors.

anyone with a phd here wanna chime in?
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May 9 2021 11:35am
The word "doctor" comes from docere in Latin, which means "to teach." That usage has continued in Romance and Romance-derived languages since the split from vulgar Latin (see, for example "Doctor of the Church" in the Catholic tradition). As a formal title referring to someone with a credential licensing them to teach, that usage traces back at least 800 years. In both of those senses, the usage has been constant since. As far as I can tell, the term only started referring to medical professionals at all about two hundred years ago.

Anyway, lots of people don't know what lots of words mean. That doesn't mean people who do should stop using them properly ;)
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May 9 2021 11:41am
Quote (darkfire @ May 9 2021 10:35am)
The word "doctor" comes from docere in Latin, which means "to teach." That usage has continued in Romance and Romance-derived languages since the split from vulgar Latin (see, for example "Doctor of the Church" in the Catholic tradition). As a formal title referring to someone with a credential licensing them to teach, that usage traces back at least 800 years. In both of those senses, the usage has been constant since. As far as I can tell, the term only started referring to medical professionals at all about two hundred years ago.

Anyway, lots of people don't know what lots of words mean. That doesn't mean people who do should stop using them properly ;)


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#6
May 9 2021 12:11pm
I don't think anyone in PaRD has a Ph.D., at least not to my knowledge. I think there's a couple people with a Masters/MD, but I'm unsure. Would be interested to know more.
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#7
May 9 2021 12:13pm
Duffman asking d2jsp users with phds to chime in.

Fuckin bad idea my dude you just asking for the crazy.
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May 9 2021 12:31pm
Quote (duffman316 @ 9 May 2021 08:33)
Was reading about joe biden's wife calling herself doctor and it turns out she aint one. What is it with people with phd's insisting on being called doctors? I know it's legit but society has moved on and no one thinks of you when they think of doctors.

anyone with a phd here wanna chime in?
https://i.redd.it/5pyzq1f3hfe01.jpg


If someone with a Ph.D posts on d2jsp, I wouldn't trust anything they have to say. You have to be a special breed to post on here.
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#9
May 9 2021 12:45pm
Of course people should be addressed by their honorary titles, they work hard for them. The D in PhD stands for doctor. Medical Doctor is a medical doctor.

A handful of us have masters, Bazi is a MD.

I wouldn't make any more money with a PhD and I don't want to teach or go to school anymore so fuck that. Expensive hobby and I want a career.

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May 9 2021 12:48pm
Quote (darkfire @ May 9 2021 01:35pm)
The word "doctor" comes from docere in Latin, which means "to teach." That usage has continued in Romance and Romance-derived languages since the split from vulgar Latin (see, for example "Doctor of the Church" in the Catholic tradition). As a formal title referring to someone with a credential licensing them to teach, that usage traces back at least 800 years. In both of those senses, the usage has been constant since. As far as I can tell, the term only started referring to medical professionals at all about two hundred years ago.

Anyway, lots of people don't know what lots of words mean. That doesn't mean people who do should stop using them properly ;)


Thats what i mean, im aware of the origins but no one thinks of a person with a phd when they're asking for a doctor today and that includes people who are aware of the origins of the word
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