Goanet meets in Goa: December 27, 12 noon and January 7, 4 pm (meeting point: Kala Academy canteen). See you there! ------------------------------
Alfred, We are not in Portuguese Goa any more and have not been so for decades. Surely, we need to use nomenclature as used in modern India. Is this not the bottom line? Cornel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alfred de Tavares" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 8:30 AM Subject: RE: [Goanet]Re: Congratulations- Dentists are entitled to the title Doctor > Goanet meets in Goa: December 27, 12 noon and January 7, 4 pm (meeting point: Kala Academy canteen). See you there! > ------------------------------ > > Bosco, > > There was no imposture involved in the title and they did not "give > themselves titles of doctors". That was the title that the Portuguese dental > faculty granted them: Medico-Cirurgiao. There was no case of "mis-leading" > anyone, nothing fraudulent about it. Is it not correct, Jorge? I would have > liked to refer to my good uncle, Tio Mouzinho, but he is no more. > > In Scandinavian countries dentists are called "tandlakare" (tand = tooth; > l�kare = doctor, healer). In the Germanic countries, I would believe, both > titles go in at once: "Herr Doctor" and then the teeth part. > > What is, indeed, misleading is the analogy of British doctors' title of "Mr" > with barber-descent. I have come across such allusion but meant as a > woodehousian pun. I don't wish to go into the semantics of the British usage > at this moment. The tree and trimings await assiduous attention ... > > "Little knowledge", egad! > > Happy Christmas all, > Alfred de Tavares > Stockholm, 2003-12-22 > > > >From: "Bosco - Goanet Volunteer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: [Goanet]Re: Congratulations- Dentists are entitled to the title > >Doctor > >Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2003 19:07:10 -0800 (PST) > > > >Goanet meets in Goa: December 27, 12 noon and January 7, 4 pm (meeting > >point: Kala Academy canteen). See you there! > >------------------------------ > > > >On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 19:40:19 +0530, "pascalpinto" > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >wrote: > > > >This is in reference to Cornel Costas email wherein he mentions that Goan > >dentists give themselves titles of doctors which ismisleading. He mentions > >the > >UK where dentists are not allowed to call themselves doctors. The fact is > >that > >surgeons (medically qualified) in the UK are adressed as Mr because the > >profession has descended from the barber -surgeon. The dental surgeon being > >in > >an allied speciality and a fellow of recognised faculty of the Royal > >College of > >Surgeons is also addressed as such. In fact recently the British Dental > >Association decided to give the UK dentist the option to use the Mr or Dr > >prefix. > > > >Dentists by virtue of the specialised medical training are genuine > >practioners > >and deserve to use the title as is common practice internationally -USA, > >Europe > >included. > > > >Little knowledge can be dangerous Mr Da Costa!! > > > >Pascal X. Pinto MDS;FDSRCS(Eng) > > > > > >Happy holidays to Goanetters headed HOME !! > > > >########################################################################## > ># Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # > ># PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # > ># More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # > ># Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # > >########################################################################## > > _________________________________________________________________ > Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > > ########################################################################## > # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # > # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # > # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # > # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # > ########################################################################## ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
