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Honorary Degree
I think the main problem is that, although they may sound ok when spoken, they're just too colloquial to be in an encyclopedia. [[User:JParker|JParker]] 17:26, 10 February 2009 (EST)
I think the main problem is that, although they may sound ok when spoken, they're just too colloquial to be in an encyclopedia. [[User:JParker|JParker]] 17:26, 10 February 2009 (EST)
== Honorary Degree ==
I'm curious about the inclusion of 'Pretending an honorary degree does not give someone the right to be called "Doctor".' in the list. I work in academia and I realize that my sample size is not huge, and that, assuming the institution is accredited, anybody with an honorary doctoral degree can elect to use the title doctor - and figures such as Ben Franklin have. Nevertheless, rolling your eyes at someone who just has an honorary degree but who insists on "doctor" is usually considered the conservative position, rather than the liberal one, and in most cases the honorary degree system at most universities is a bunch of lib hooey anyway, tossing out degrees based on celebrity. While I'm sure that libs love to jump all over the rare conservative honorary degree recipient, discouraging the use of "doctor" by people that haven't really completed a normal course of study is really the conservative take. (I suspect that libs love using "doctor" for honorary degree recipients because they give someone a way to look way more qualified than they really are.)