Hi, > In spanish, using doctor means both a person with a PhD and (mistakenly) an > MD. When talking in spanish, I normally tell people to use the word medico > to refer to physicians, and to use doctor only for PhDs.[1] > Is this the case elsewhere?
in Germany you usually say 'Doktor' if you mean a MD (even without PhD), probably because most of them have a PhD, although it's not a problem to work as MD without having a PhD. The right word for MD would be 'Doktor der Medizin', or just 'Arzt'. Cheers, Bernd -- Bernd Zeimetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://bzed.de/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
