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Originally Posted by Wonderfalls
I call MD's doctor X. And just X when I talk about them. I think it's pretentious for non- MD's to call themselves doctor--there's only about a billion of them in any (stupid) subject you can think of. If they prefer doctor I call them nothing to their face. When I was in graduate school we called our teachers Professor X, which was considered a higher status.
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The use of the title "Doctor" for academics who obtain PhDs long predates its use for medical professionals. And a PhD takes longer to earn and is considered a higher level of education than an MD.
Captain Holt has a rant about the subject in the show Brooklyn Nine-Nine. The video is only about 50 seconds:
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