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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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