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The proper use of honorifics is no small matter in Germany, a society given to formality where even longtime neighbors insist on addressing each other using their surnames. Those with advanced degrees like to show them off, and it is not uncommon to earn more than one. A male faculty member with two PhDs can fully expect to be called “Herr Professor Dr. Dr. Schmidt,” for example.
–Craig Whitlock and Shannon Smiley, “Non-European PhDs In Germany Find Use Of ‘Doktor’ Verboten”, Washington Post, March 14, 2008
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