On Sun, Feb 1, 2015 at 8:50 AM, Earthednet-wp <proth...@earthednet.org> wrote:
> Personally I'd feel like I was being pompous if I insisted that the title > of Dr was used to address me outside of academia. Again, no criticism of Dr > Hawkins. I am guessing that, in his world, it's customary. Actually, this account was set up many years ago, while I was a professor--it's a very early gmail accoun, from when the invitations were hard to get. It's "dochawk" instead of "hawk" for no other reason than the minimum name length was six characters (almost none of the namespace was occupied). Since I needed something longer, i used dochawk, which was also my Penn State email (and that because the computer wouldn't issue hawk, as it was a substring of two other email addresses). I've never introduced myself as Dr. outside of a classroom, although in various organizations others have used it. And a few yers ago, a couple of pople started calling me "Doc", which not only stuck but spread. Out of control. For crying out loud, even my priest has dropped my name in favor of "Doc" :) I do tend to fill out forms and credit cards with "Dr." or "Dr. R E" as I do get annoyed by salesmen calling with my first name, trying to sound like someone I know. Listening to them stumble as they get "Dr. R. E." on their screen instead of a first name is one of life's little pleasures :) And my attorney trust account reads "Dr. Richard E. Hawkins IOLTA account"--but not by my choice (actually, over my objection). My wife has always like the checks to read "Professor & Mrs. Richard E. Hawkins" or "Dr. & Mrs. . . ." We already had a checking account at the bank, and when I opened the trust account, an examiner happened to be at the branch--and she insisted that it had to match. Apparently, at some point, the "Dr." had drifted off the checks and onto the account itself . . . -- Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. (702) 508-8462 _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
