USE OF CHRISTIAN NAMES
' Sir,-The point made by. J. B. Hyatt Snr. (Aitre pays, *: sautres_ ‘moeurs), is undeniably a propos. . it "would be bad manners to criticise local usage which is well established, There is another purely local usage which has become, or is becoming, general. I refer to the use of the title "Dr." in respect of graduates in subjects other than medicine. In the United Kingdom the title is restricted to doctors of medicine and members of university faculties, a usage practical in application’ in that it obviates confusion, misapprehension and , possible embarrassment; far there" icag tbe little doubt as to what is evoked in the mind of English-speaking persons by the use. of the title in question. It must be remembered that in Continental countries, where the usage is different, the title or term "doctor" does not evoke a medical man, there being entirely different terms by which to designate the latter. I cannot but feel that the spread of the Continental usage should be striven against here.
I. R. MAXWELL
STEWART
(Wellington).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 28, Issue 721, 8 May 1953, Page 5
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176USE OF CHRISTIAN NAMES New Zealand Listener, Volume 28, Issue 721, 8 May 1953, Page 5
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