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- From: gtoal@pizzabox.demon.co.uk (Graham Toal)
- Subject: Re: 'Professor' in Canada - what does it mean?
- Message-ID: <BzzEz5.LGu@demon.co.uk>
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- Organization: Cuddlehogs Anonymous
- References: <Bzn1Jn.5tp@demon.co.uk> <1992Dec25.093839.22647@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> <1992Dec28.032323.15100@philmtl.philips.ca>
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 18:21:03 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec28.032323.15100@philmtl.philips.ca> ray@philmtl.philips.ca (Ray Dunn) writes:
- :Now the interesting question. Is Graham's correspondent pretentious in
- :using the title (quite a lowly one in Canada) or is Graham overreacting
- :because to his ears the title is much more prestigious.
-
- Good question, but the answer is the guy is just plain pretentious.
- I mean, a 10-line sig surrounded by stars? Draw your own conclusion...
-
- G
- PS It *was* on a list where the _average_ qualification is PhD... (though
- you have to dig hard to find that out since most people don't use their
- titles or qualifications)
-