When I got my Ph.D. I insisted on being called "Your Royal Highness" (to
anyone who asked what I preferred to be called). Now I'm just happy being
called.
Dr. Joel W. (not a *real* doctor, you know)
"My knighthood is from Oxford" -- monk, in Marlowe's "Edward II"
>===== Original Message From "Walt Wayman" <hiwayman@xxxxxxxxx> =====
>Understandable, even if only a little and for a short while. When
>my daughter got her degree in veterinary medicine and began
>practicing, she insisted that everyone address her as "Doctor" for
>at least six months. She had earned it, and we all did. Then she
>went back to just being Linda.
>
>Walt
>
>---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>From: Roger Wesson <roger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 13:57:00 +0000
>
>>Ego - definitely! Apparently when he was knighted he started
>>insisting that all his friends refer to him as Sir Paul. They
>>thought he was joking but by all accounts he was dead serious.
>>
>>Roger
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