I never asked her to use a first name. She is Indian, this specific case, so nice to hear she's being respectful. But I
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Replying to @o_guest @salonikrishnan
just want to be Dr not Miss which is in my signature. I prefer Olivia but Dr >> Miss.
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I feel your pain! Any mail that I get addressed to Mrs or Miss gets thrown into the bin :)
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Replying to @salonikrishnan
obviously can't do that with students! But yes
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It's tough! Could you say: at university level its preferable to use academic title & its good practice for her to do that with you
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I always call my GP "Dr" and the clergy "Rev" and the teacher "Mr" or "Ms"
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this is a good point. Why are GPs and Revs comfortable with their titles but academics aren't?
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titles keep a distance betwn you; useful for GPs, but we like being accessible to students and others?
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sounds like a good explanation to me!
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also to be fair unlike medical doctors we're often mocked for not being "real doctors" making us
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slightly more timid to enforce, is my guess.
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