On Thu, Oct 04, 2007 at 02:46:52PM -0400, Felipe Sateler wrote: > In spanish, using doctor means both a person with a PhD and (mistakenly) an > MD. When talking in spanish, I normally tell people to use the word medico > to refer to physicians, and to use doctor only for PhDs.[1] > Is this the case elsewhere? > > > [1] Physicians like to call themselves doctors even when they have no PhD, > for no apparent reason other than looking smart.
In english a doctor can be either a licensed medical practitioner, or it can be someone with a phd. It also means to repair stuff. It is probably most commonly used when refering to medical people. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
