Comments on: An Apology to David Crooke http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/an-apology-to-david-crooke?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=an-apology-to-david-crooke Confessions of a Non-Profit Executive Director Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:36:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Peter Gulka http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/an-apology-to-david-crooke/comment-page-1#comment-95344 Peter Gulka Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:04:43 +0000 http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/an-apology-to-david-crooke#comment-95344 Ugh...The silliness of all this will become evident in less than a week and MISTER Crooke will probably come to the realization that he horribly overreacted. Of course that's just my OPINION - I could be wrong. Ugh…The silliness of all this will become evident in less than a week and MISTER Crooke will probably come to the realization that he horribly overreacted.

Of course that’s just my OPINION – I could be wrong.

]]> By: Jeff Trexler http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/an-apology-to-david-crooke/comment-page-1#comment-95343 Jeff Trexler Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:30:57 +0000 http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/an-apology-to-david-crooke#comment-95343 Allan isn't being disrespectful. In American English, we typically do not use the word "Doctor" as a form of address for people who have doctorates outside the medical profession. For example, I have a doctorate in religion, and on the rare occasion someone uses "Doctor" to address me it sounds so strange I always correct it. For a longer and rather wry explanation, check out <a href="http://www.bartleby.com/68/68/1968.html" rel="nofollow">the entry for "Doctor"</a> in <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=L2ChiO2yEZ0C" rel="nofollow">The Columbia Guide to Standard American English</a>. Allan isn’t being disrespectful. In American English, we typically do not use the word “Doctor” as a form of address for people who have doctorates outside the medical profession. For example, I have a doctorate in religion, and on the rare occasion someone uses “Doctor” to address me it sounds so strange I always correct it.

For a longer and rather wry explanation, check out the entry for “Doctor” in The Columbia Guide to Standard American English.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/an-apology-to-david-crooke/comment-page-1#comment-95341 Anonymous Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:47:16 +0000 http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/an-apology-to-david-crooke#comment-95341 Alan, It's actually "Dr." David Crooke, not "Mr." Dr. Crooke holds a Ph.D in parallel software engineering from the University of Edinburgh. Alan,

It’s actually “Dr.” David Crooke, not “Mr.” Dr. Crooke holds a Ph.D in parallel software engineering from the University of Edinburgh.

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