andrel wrote:
> On 13-3-2009 17:31, Darren New wrote:
>> andrel wrote:
>>> In the Netherlands even dropping a letter before your name can change 
>>> a lot.
>>
>> I'm not sure what that means?
> 
> An MSc is a Drs (short for Doctorandus, he who must/will become a 
> doctor) and a PhD is a Dr (the actual Doctor) and we place the titles in 
> front of the name. So when I did my thesis I went from Drs. Linnenbank 
> to Dr. Linnenbank. Note that Drs does not mean more than one doctorate, 
> a mistake sometimes made by some foreigners.

I see. We don't do that here. We don't get any letters before we finish.

Altho some pre-PhD students put "ABT" after their name - All But Thesis. :-)

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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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