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I just sent a message to someone that included the phrase, "he's a Dr." I was too lazy to write doctor. My question is, is dr. a valid abbreviation?
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I saw a banner-poster today which read Packers Dr. (as in Green Bay Packers football). at first I read it as "Packers doctor", but upon reflection I'm sure it meant "Packers Drive".
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I read that as 'he's a dear.'
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I'd never understand dr. to be doctor. Dr., though lazy, seems OK.
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For some reason, I've no clue as to why, I have never cared for "Dr" meaning 'doctor'. I would rather see MD or PhD or DDS or DVM or something meaningful.
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> I have never cared for "Dr" meaning 'doctor'. I would rather see MD or PhD or DDS.
Here in Zild, I have yet to meet a DDS who is addressed as "Dr." I tried it once with my DDS, and he said, "just Mr. will do"
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Yeah, and in Zild if you wanted to replace "Doctor" with the qualification, you'd have to trot out MBChB. No self-respecting New Zealand actually lengthens such things when they can be shortened to Dr.
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I've never seen doctor abbreviated to Dr. MD or PhD are the abbreviated terms I'd use and have always seen.
I have to admit that if I saw "He's a Dr.", I'd wouldn't know what you said and would need to read further to find out what you meant. Doctor is not the first word that would come to my mind. Drunk more likely.
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I work in a hospital so Dr. has always meant doctor, I have never used dr. I did work in England for a while and found that once a doctor became a specialist they went back to being Mr. X and became quite shirty if you addressed them as Dr. X.
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