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I agree that it sounds pretentious, but it's not inaccurate. Also agreed that bickering with the general public is not likely to get them to give more respect - I've not yet gotten the PhD, but I can't imagine myself stomping my feet in real life, or good grief, posting to twitter demanding people use the title.
It's Ridiculous For Everyone With A PhD To Demand To Be Called ‘Doctor’
Non-medical PhD holders will not gain any respect by insisting on their academic titles outside of the traditional realms in which they are used.thefederalist.com
Going to have to call BS on calling MDs as Dr out of respect for their service. That sounds pretty after-the-fact to me. I think it's far more likely that people just saw that every town needed medical doctors, needed lawyers, but most don't have research laboratories, so there's simply not as much familiarity with it (I mean, the general public pictures scientists standing around with lab coats and beakers, but that's not really representative of most labs).
In terms of jargon for lawyers, JDs also have the term esquire that got adopted into the legal profession somehow, and lawyer is a professional title. I suppose my argument is that the Dr. shouldn't "travel" for MDs into regular life, but if a person who's an MD, PhD, JD, or any of the other Ds what's to slap a title before their name (especially when introducing him/her self), it's their prerogative. It's simply not a lie, even if it makes our skin crawl. Why does it make our skin crawl? Because inserting it in order to posture oneself over others is gross, just like the referenced Lydia did to her sisters.
Edited just to add: I think I've gotten enough of my hair-splitting out on this.
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