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Old 05-10-2001, 08:02 AM   #18
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Join Date: March 1, 2001
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Originally posted by Sir_Tainly:
Thanks Moiraine, Wolfie, thats pretty much what I thought, think its interesting though in English though that a lot of profession are without gender,

Lawyer
Teacher
Surgeon
Secretary
Librarian
Optician

etc. Not so many are like Poiliceman v. Policewoman, and normally these are not the proper titles, so the above should be Police Constable / Police Officer

SirT

As you probably know, in England, surgeons are not addressed as Dr but as Mr or Miss. Even when a female surgeon marries she reatains her maiden name and the title Miss.With the exception of one of the Queen Mother's orthopaedic surgeons Mr William Muirhead-Allwood who underwent a sex change and re-emerged as Miss Sarah Muirhead-Allwood.

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