We have a particullary pompus prat who lives in our village and always puts Bsc after his name, even on the most insignificant things.
When my daughter Amy was about 7 she was reading something he had printed with his name and then Bsc. She innocently said, in a loud voice in front of a lot of people, "Graham, when did you get your bronze swimming certificate? I've got my gold one now"
That certainly brought him down a peg.......I didn't know where to look!! :D:D
Having worked in Customer Service most of my working life after a BA (waste LOL) , I can safely tell you most people will think you're a pretentious t*at if you did,
Though it isnt as bad as my pet hate, hyphenated surnames!!
Hyphenated surnames used to be very rare and you took notice when you saw one but now in these increasing times of unmarried parents, they tend to give their child both of their surnames even if they don't sound right together. It just looks so stupid.
A past colleague of mine insisted on everyone calling her Dr (insert name) because she had a Phd. I heard her on the phone to her bank once getting quite shirty with them and saying, it's not Ms (insert name) it's Dr (insert name)!!
A past colleague of mine insisted on everyone calling her Dr (insert name) because she had a Phd. I heard her on the phone to her bank once getting quite shirty with them and saying, it's not Ms (insert name) it's Dr (insert name)!!
It didn't go down well.
If I'd done a PHD I'd also insist on people calling me Doctor! Then again, I think a solar-powered fan-hat is cool.
It looks pretentious unless it's relevent to the letter you're writing/line of business you're in. I can put letters after my name but unless I return to the industry I gained my qualifications in it is pointless. For example, my dad was FRICS and because he was a surveyor it showed clients his qualification.
Hyphenated surnames used to be very rare and you took notice when you saw one but now in these increasing times of unmarried parents, they tend to give their child both of their surnames even if they don't sound right together. It just looks so stupid.
Hyphenated surnames came about when a child from one family of money and power married another with the same credentials.
If I'd done a PHD I'd also insist on people calling me Doctor!
Problem was every one of her colleagues had at least a first degree but none of us ever mentioned them.
Then again, I think a solar-powered fan-hat is cool.
:)
Funny thing was, a few years after I stopped working with this Dr person, by coincidence my sister bought a house from her. My sister was under the impression she was a medical doctor because of her insistence on being addressed by her title!!
:eek: What if you need them? (like a job application to prove your credentials) Can you order a replacement?
Yes you can, I had to order replacements once but then I lost them again!! You have to pay but it's not too much. I've only been asked to produce certificates once in my whole career.
It's not the British thing to do old chap, but I'm told some European cultures judge you by your qualifications, and it therefore helps to blow your own trumpet (oo-er) when dealing with them.
It's not the British thing to do old chap, but I'm told some European cultures judge you by your qualifications, and it therefore helps to blow your own trumpet (oo-er) when dealing with them.
I think in Germany they are quite keen on the whole qualifications thing.
I think in Germany they are quite keen on the whole qualifications thing.
Well, yes, you do have Herr Direktor and Herr Doktor and Herr Professor.
And slightly off topic, only German could produce Dampschifffahrtsgesellschaftsdirektorsstellvertretersgemahlin, which can be translated as steam-navigation-company's-manager's-deputy's-wife.
I wouldn't put it on, i don't with my own BSc. I think it looks a bit sad. PhD looks OK though. One day i might have one of those so then i would use it
But with a PhD you don't generally put them after your name do you? You have the title Dr. instead.
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I hear proctology can be highly lucrative!!!!
When my daughter Amy was about 7 she was reading something he had printed with his name and then Bsc. She innocently said, in a loud voice in front of a lot of people, "Graham, when did you get your bronze swimming certificate? I've got my gold one now"
That certainly brought him down a peg.......I didn't know where to look!!
Which of course I'm not.......honest!
Though it isnt as bad as my pet hate, hyphenated surnames!!
It didn't go down well.
If I'd done a PHD I'd also insist on people calling me Doctor! Then again, I think a solar-powered fan-hat is cool.
Your other names arent LANGA DING DONG are they?.....:D
Haha!
Hyphenated surnames came about when a child from one family of money and power married another with the same credentials.
I did my degree in Bradford and we were nicknamed the Bradford Beds
I also keep my degree certificates hidden away in a tatty envelope at the back of a drawer
Problem was every one of her colleagues had at least a first degree but none of us ever mentioned them.
Funny thing was, a few years after I stopped working with this Dr person, by coincidence my sister bought a house from her. My sister was under the impression she was a medical doctor because of her insistence on being addressed by her title!!
I lost mine years ago!
Yes you can, I had to order replacements once but then I lost them again!! You have to pay but it's not too much. I've only been asked to produce certificates once in my whole career.
My Uni charges 40 quid. It also has a website announcing who got what so with luck I can get away with waving a driving licence.
You can, but most people dont, it looks a bit pompus
And slightly off topic, only German could produce Dampschifffahrtsgesellschaftsdirektorsstellvertretersgemahlin, which can be translated as steam-navigation-company's-manager's-deputy's-wife.
I know, and that is why people used to have to take notice. But now, every Tom Dick and Harriet are doing it.