Timeline for What is a good etiquette to correct a person using wrong title for me?
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| Nov 10, 2015 at 10:55 | comment | added | O. R. Mapper | @virmaior: "Related and important, please don't use Dr for PhDs context." - I would be careful about calling myself anything else than what is stated in my certificates; it cannot be taken for granted that a holder of a "Dr." degree is allowed to call themselves "PhD" in all legislations. | |
| Nov 8, 2015 at 23:06 | comment | added | virmaior | @NateEldredge great idea. I'm actually depending on an anecdote I heard with respect to this practice. The person claimed they've been asked several times. As a result, I never select Dr. If this is not so, I shall. | |
| Nov 8, 2015 at 21:16 | comment | added | DetlevCM | @JessicaB In Germany you can have a doctorate in the ID card/Passport. (No idea if I will add it or not - I'll have to decide when I renew my passport - and I do not know how an English PhD would be represented in a German passport...) | |
| Nov 8, 2015 at 20:38 | comment | added | Jessica B | In the UK at least, a passport does not show the title Dr, but may have a note of the profession doctor. | |
| Nov 8, 2015 at 17:15 | comment | added | Nate Eldredge | @virmaior: I'm hoping Aviation.SE can clear this up. | |
| Nov 8, 2015 at 14:56 | comment | added | Kate Gregory | I quite often use Dr for flying.(If they don't offer Ms, I choose Dr, and yes that still happens.) Never once have I been approached during a medical situation - and I've heard the "if there is a medical doctor on board please identify yourself to an attendant" page more times than I can count. | |
| Nov 8, 2015 at 14:06 | comment | added | GEdgar | One of my former colleagues would say: "The only time I call myself Doctor Friedman is when I make a reservation at a restsurant." | |
| Nov 8, 2015 at 14:06 | comment | added | virmaior | Related and important, please don't use Dr for PhDs context. On a plane, you may get asked if you are medical doctor when there's a situation in need of attention. Saves a lot of trouble for philosophy PhDs like me to not go by Dr on my information for flying. | |
| Nov 8, 2015 at 13:53 | history | answered | DetlevCM | CC BY-SA 3.0 |