I only use "Dr. Wilcox" when I call the hospital for an
appointment of some kind. It moves heaven and earth until
they discover it's only a Ph.D.
Joel W.
Quoting Roger Wesson <roger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> No offence at all taken by me from jmac's post - I
> recognised the scenario
> completely! After a viva, people in my department would
> typically give
> the proudly bedoctored young astronomer about an hour or
> two's worth of
> use of the title, and then get back to first name terms.
> Outside in the
> real world is where I like to use it, and it impresses my
> colleagues in my
> new non-academic job :)
>
> Thanks for the congrats, Jon - Tom Baker as The Doctor is
> definitely a
> role model for me!
>
> Roger Wesson, MSci, PhD, FRAS :)
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