Quote Originally Posted by cajunscot View Post
Why is it pretentious? If they earned the title, then they should use it. Whenever students call me "Doctor", I always thank them for the promotion, but then diplomatically inform them that as a holder of a MA, I am only entitled to "Mister".

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I always referred to my professors by their titles. We had a husband-and-wife team of professors who would refer to each other as "Professor" and "Doctor", which some of us thought was sort of uppity.