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« Reply #45 on: May 06, 2004, 04:26:27 pm »
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Man.  I realized a long time ago I could never get a PhD. without changing my name.  
Yeah, it's worth revealing my surname for this.


Oh, but that is BEST reason to get a PhD I ever heard of.

Some days the only thing that kept me in grad school was that I wanted to be able to say "I'm a doctor, Jim, not a (whatever)."
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« Reply #46 on: May 06, 2004, 04:33:35 pm »
Other great (real) doctor names I've encountered:

Dr. Pain/Payne
Dr. Strange
Baz De Baz, M.D.
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« Reply #47 on: May 06, 2004, 05:12:57 pm »
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It could be worse.  Instead of a soda, you could be gravy.


That is truly the limit!
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« Reply #48 on: May 06, 2004, 08:27:11 pm »
With my last name, I feel honor-bound to get a PhD, possibly in evil-ology. (Were I to combine my last name and my SO's upon marriage, it is entirely possible that I could have the finest evil pseudoscientist name in the history of man; this is, needless to say, very tempting.)
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« Reply #49 on: May 06, 2004, 09:21:19 pm »
I am determined to get a Ph.D. so that my kids' friends can tell their parents they're going to play and Dr. and Mr. Dunston's house.  

That just sounds neat to me.
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« Reply #50 on: May 06, 2004, 09:26:34 pm »
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I am determined to get a Ph.D. so that my kids' friends can tell their parents they're going to play and Dr. and Mr. Dunston's house.  

That just sounds neat to me.

This is stone awesome.

Just don't turn into one of those people who insist on being called Doctor even when it's awkward or obviously making them an asshole. My AP English Language teacher was one of these people, to the point that it became a miniature tradition for particularly gutsy or fatalistic students to end their year with her by yelling "thanks, Mrs. Cog-Nard!" and running away as quickly as their legs could carry them.
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« Reply #51 on: May 06, 2004, 09:33:31 pm »
Oh, goodness, no.  All I ask is that my children address other adults by their proper titles until they are old enough to vote.  I will also expect my students to refer to my by my proper title; fortunately, Mrs. is as proper as Dr. in my case, since I'll be no more proud of obtaining my Ph.D. than I am of being married to Mr. Dunston.  As for everyone who's not my student or child, some variation my actual name will do just fine.
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« Reply #52 on: May 06, 2004, 09:37:55 pm »
Sorry folks - I've been too busy drinking and plotting the demise of my students lately to post. But here goes.

My name's as plain as plain gets. Sara Childs. Yes, that's Sara with no h, and Childs with an s at the end (Julia Child has no s, and no, we're not related). No, obnoxious childhood friend, I'm not going to change my surname to Adult when I grow up. Yes, obnoxious chlidhood english teacher, my name is grammatically incorrect. Kee-rist.

Luckily, my sweetie (and, in all likelyhood, future spouse's) last name is a nice, uncommon anglicized Polish name. And who knows, this thread might inspire me to change my name to Louise (my middle name) Mite. Hmmm...
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« Reply #53 on: May 06, 2004, 09:51:02 pm »
Yay for Polish names!  

My maiden name was one of the rarer names in the world -- it was kind of a shame to let it go, but I figure, that's what the men in the family are for.  Sure, I had a husband who would've gladly let me keep my maiden name, and a mother-in-law who encouraged me to do so (the only reason she didn't is because of a cultural misunderstanding between her and an immigrations officer).  But in the end, I just decided to do the traditional thing and take Pedro's name.  

How un-empowered of me.  Hey, it's my own brand of feminism: I'm celebrating the femininity inherent in Cold War era gender roles.  Conformity is Freedom!  Down with the Reds!  

Sorry.  It's an odd day.  Incidentally, Pedro and I will be out of town starting this evening and ending Saturday afternoon, in celebration of his sister's college graduation.  This isn't the appropriate place to announce this, but I just realized that it's almost six and I haven't packed.  

Toodles!
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« Reply #54 on: May 06, 2004, 10:29:32 pm »
I always wanted my students to call me Herr Doktor Professor.
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« Reply #55 on: May 06, 2004, 11:01:33 pm »
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Luckily, my sweetie (and, in all likelyhood, future spouse's) last name is a nice, uncommon anglicized Polish name. And who knows, this thread might inspire me to change my name to Louise (my middle name) Mite. Hmmm...


Man, we totally have the same middle name.  Let's be friends or something.
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« Reply #56 on: May 06, 2004, 11:32:59 pm »
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I am determined to get a Ph.D. so that my kids' friends can tell their parents they're going to play and Dr. and Mr. Dunston's house.  

That just sounds neat to me.

This is stone awesome.

Just don't turn into one of those people who insist on being called Doctor even when it's awkward or obviously making them an asshole. My AP English Language teacher was one of these people, to the point that it became a miniature tradition for particularly gutsy or fatalistic students to end their year with her by yelling "thanks, Mrs. Cog-Nard!" and running away as quickly as their legs could carry them.

This is why I liked attending a school where it was forbidden to address any teacher as Dr. (unless an M.D.). It was much easier just to call all the professors Judy or whatever than trying to remember who was Dr., Mr., Mrs., Ms. . . .
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« Reply #57 on: May 07, 2004, 02:17:10 am »
Louise might what?
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« Reply #58 on: May 07, 2004, 03:18:50 am »
I thought I also must make mention of this...
I just bought my car of someone who was called Farquharson.
Farquharson Inkster.
For as long as my car is around I get to remember it from the forms.
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« Reply #59 on: May 07, 2004, 03:30:24 am »
!!!
Slink and his car win.
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