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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | No objection here, Cubby and requested many times. The field names would Prefix and Suffix, this would also accomodate Mr. or Miss and Jr., Sr. etc. But so far we wait.  Skip | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it.
Outta here
Billy Video |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 940 |
| | Posted: | | | | Just a little clarification for those of you who indicated you were not sure if M.D. was a union or guild affiliation. In the states, M.D. stands for Medical Doctor. Dr. Joe Blow may be a medical doctor, but he could be a professor of agriculture at the local university. However, Dr. John Q. Public, M.D. is definitely a medical doctor. Other countries use different suffixes to indicate the same thing. See the wikipedia article here if you wish. In the U.S. medical doctors, as well as most other health professionals, add the M.D. (or other specialty) to signify their profession. | | | | Kevin |
| | Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 1,328 |
| | Posted: | | | | Frankly Dr. John Q. Public, M.D. is silly. He would either go by John Q. Public, M.D. or Dr. John Q. Public, but not both. If he did, he would be like that fat guy in Once Upon a Time in the West who wore both a belt and suspenders. I think Henry Fonda said it best "How can you trust a man who wears a belt and suspenders? Man can’t even trust his own pants." | | | | My Home Theater |
| | Registered: March 15, 2007 | | Posts: 366 |
| | Posted: | | | | MD is simply a doctorate-level degree from a college or university in the field of medicine. Other similar level degrees include EdD (education), PhD (philosphy/research), D Div (clergy), JD (law), DDS (dentistry), etc (and there's plenty more).
On a similar note, while I was looking around the interweb on this matter, I discovered that it is actually considered improper to use both the prefix "Dr." and the suffix containing the academic degree at the same time. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 8,736 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting nolesrule: Quote:
I discovered that it is actually considered improper to use both the prefix "Dr." and the suffix containing the academic degree at the same time. I agree. But hey - if that's what the credits say, and it's the person's only acting credit, what can we do about it? It may be improper, but still... |
| | Registered: March 15, 2007 | | Posts: 366 |
| | Posted: | | | | No argument there. |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | No argument with Tim on that one. I can't say that I have ever seen a Dr. M.D. credit, but if its there than then so be it and we deal with it.
Skip | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it.
Outta here
Billy Video |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 1,796 |
| | Posted: | | | | Difference should be what is earned. M,D, PhD, etc. are earned any body can get into a guild or union. | | | We don't need stinkin' IMDB's errors, we make our own.
Ineptocracy, You got to love it.
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." - Abraham Lincoln |
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