A word becoming a word because the People Who Determine Such Things gave up and said "Fine. It's a word," hardly justifies the usage and validity of said word. Imho.
That's the kind of stuff i hate ....muscle relaxers? Sounds like a muscle wouldnt relax (duh), probably because it's counterpart wouldnt kick in and shut it off, which is common when your alignment is screwed. This is what happens when doctors didnt learn enough in med school and won't bother thinking outside the box and researching further.
Old English, no. Proper English, edit: preferably. And I really don't care all that much, but the word (or lack thereof) is a bit of a pet peeve. That said, I was just being a smart ass to Yonkers being all worked up over doctors being called 'doctors.'
Not arguing over what the profession is called. Arguing over why they get a title. You call your teacher, Ms. Smith or Mr. Rogers. He doesn't get in a tizzy and say, 'That's Teacher Evil! I didn't go to four years of evil teacher school to get called Mr.'
You still haven't answered my question, after many replies. Is this why you think they deserve a title? Because they all taught a little big during residency? And then why is it they get called doctor right when they first hit residency and not after?
The doctorate degree is a professional degree given out to someone who is then qualified to teach in a specific field...whether its medicine, dentistry, law, etc... It has nothing to do with if they have taught or not taught...but everything to do with being qualified to teach. And middle school teacher doesnt count because there is no professional degree or a specific field of study associated with that. In medicine, thats why they are called doctor and thats why they are called doctor right when they first hit residency...because residents teach med students. In my field, as soon as I graduated dental school, I had a job waiting for me at the school to teach, if I wanted. I was qualified to teach, therefore I have the prefix of Dr. attached to my name.
Any teacher I ever had who had the title of "doctor," "professor," or various military ranks (I went to military school) was referred to as such. This applies to both of my undergrad degrees as well as my psych experience in which I worked with a whole mess of PhD psychologist doctors.
you forgot to add that doctor of osteopath also perform adjustments to the spine that is similar to chiropractors
