Gray Shockley wrote:
>
> On Sat, 2 Nov 2002 21:44:08 -0600, have u seen my tail??? wrote
> (in message <HP0x9.68170$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>):
>
> > How did this guy get a "PhD" if he can't even structure a simple english
> > sentence.
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>
> Uh, that's a mite Anglo-centric, wouldntchasay?
>
> Believe it or not, a Ph.D. does not signify fluency in the English language
> nor is English required to get a Ph.D. in countries where the predominant
> language is not English.
On the other hand, a person (especially male - the vast majority of
surname changes are those of women who do so upon marriage) with the
surname "Fairman" is probably anglophone, and it is unusual (though not
unknown) for somebody to reach a high level of literacy in a second
language without reaching it in their first.
-Robert Dawson
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