Herr Doctor Professor, etc.

Paul Frank paulfrank at POST.HARVARD.EDU
Mon May 16 16:52:47 UTC 2005


> The Germans seem to solve the problem byp using all three together.

Yes. In Frankfurt, some people used to say Herr Professor Doktor Doktor Frank to my dad, because he
had two Ph.D.s. Pretty silly.

Paul
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