What does Drs. mean???

[C. Matthew McMahon]

Just as a note, because I've been asked a few times, Drs. mean Doctoral Research Studies. As one enters and is accpeted into a Ph.D. program, they gain this title as demonstrating thier in process of "study". When they have completed thier doctoral research, then they simply state Dr. (doctoral research). In essence, Drs. candidates are trying to get rid of the "s".

 

[ChristianasJourney]

Thank you for the explanation. I won't bother to say what I thought "Drs." meant. Suffice it to say, you made it clear.

 

[cupotea]

I remember when I was in Bible college, many Mr's were working on getting their Mrs.

 

[blhowes]

Matthew,
I had thought that you were working on your doctorate now, so I wondered what Drs meant. You seem to do many other things at a somewhat accelerated pace, so the thought did occur to me, "Does he already have one or two doctorates already and is working on another one?"

I'm glad you provided this information. That's one less thing to wonder about. Thanks for solving the mystery.

[b:80debf53d4]Brent wrote:[/b:80debf53d4]
I remember when I was in Bible college, many Mr's were working on getting their Mrs.


Bob

[Edited on 6-14-2004 by blhowes]

 

[dado6]

Brent,

Now that's funny!

Rob

 

[tcalbrecht]

That's interesting. I've only seens Doctoral Research Studies abbreviated as "DRS" (all caps) and never used as a title.

And I thought "Dr" was simply an abbreviation for "Doctor", i.e., Dr is to Doctor as Mr is to Mister. Drs is the common abbreviation for Doctors.

 

[C. Matthew McMahon]

I had as DRS but I didn't really like the "All caps" - it reminded me that I was shouting. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? Some have lowered it, and many of my Candidate teachers from seminary used it as Drs. instead.
How about a change up? I changed my signature to be more explanatory rather than cryptic.

[Edited on 6-14-2004 by webmaster]