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[โ€“] 25 points 3 months ago (11 children)

I can tell you have a bachelor's of engineering. Not because I think you're being elitist. But because you haven't yet figured out that words are fluid and don't follow strict rules like systems do.

English is hard.

I have a B.E. as well. It took me years to word good.

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  • [+] -17 points 3 months ago (10 children)

    You're on Lemmy so you'd be better off learning Mandarin or Russian.

    Words which indicate a minimun amount of trained and proven competence or authority, such as Doctor or Police Lieutenant, are not things you can just claim willy nilly.

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  • [โ€“] 11 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    Dude, an Engineer drives a fucking train

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  • [+] -10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    I can respect that but you need to propose a new term for structural and electrical engineers to replace it if that's where we draw the line.

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  • [โ€“] 6 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    You're continuing to prove my point. Words can have multiple meanings. Words change over time. The definition of a word is whatever people use it as.

    If tomorrow every bus driver becomes a transportation engineer, and everyone starts calling them that, then that's what engineer means.

    If you cannot accept the above, you cannot properly participate in English.

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  • [โ€“] 6 points 3 months ago (5 children)

    If I say the word Dr. Dre, do you know who I'm talking about? If the answer is yes, then you understand that the word doctor is not always about the medical profession.

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  • [โ€“] -1 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    He doesn't call himself medical doctor dre or physician dre though

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 3 months ago (3 children)

    My doctorate of English doesn't imply that either. Still have a doctorate. Still a doctor.

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  • [โ€“] 0 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Okay go down to the hospital and tell everyone you're a medical doctor. I want to see how far you make it.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 3 months ago (1 child)

    "Medical" doctor. You've moved the goal posts.

    Computer engineer. Software engineer. Train engineer. The qualifier is what let's you differentiate. Your claim is that the generic term only covers a subset of how people use the word.

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