Fancy Initials

busyliving · 13-09-2011 4:18pm #1

Hey

Just wondering if any of ye out there who have a degree, masters or phd...

Do ye use those letters after your name

For example
John Doe B.A

Chuck Stone · 13-09-2011 4:20pm

B.A. Baracas uses his.

Dravokivich · 13-09-2011 4:20pm

"AFAIK"

KTRIC · 13-09-2011 4:21pm

Nope, but have 3 in front of my name

"Rev"

GLaDOS · 13-09-2011 4:23pm

I thought this thread was going to be about calligraphy

prinz · 13-09-2011 4:25pm

I have done, but only deliberately to make a point with some idiots.

baby and crumble · 13-09-2011 4:25pm

At this point I have 13 behind my name (technically) but I don't ever sign anything with it, I only sign emails with them as a 'sig' for work use. When you're still student looking for help and people to interview, people are nicer to you when they see you're an older student with some qualifications already.

And TBH I think using your B.A (which is my undergrad degree) is a bit naff. I saw one guy who was an estate agent sign everything with "John Doe, B.A." and it looked really moronic.

radia · 13-09-2011 4:26pm

A girl I worked with got fed up with this one guy who used a whole barrage of letters after his name in all correspondence, where they weren't necessary or even relevant. He was totally hung up on qualifications and hierarchies. She started signing her own name as Firstname Lastname NFDAA to annoy him.

It was her abbreviation for No F*ing Degree At All.

Princess Peach · 13-09-2011 4:26pm

Ooooooh I like this. Soon enough I'm gonna be Princess Peach MBA.

I'm gonna get my username changed when I graduate.

Pherekydes · 13-09-2011 4:35pm

I used to have Cpl in front of my name.

For Forks Sake · 13-09-2011 4:36pm

Chuck Stone wrote: »

B.A. Baracas uses his.

F*cking Arts graduates can't even place the letters in the right position.

Latchy · 13-09-2011 4:37pm

radia wrote: »

A girl I worked with got fed up with this one guy who used a whole barrage of letters after his name in all correspondence, where they weren't necessary or even relevant. He was totally hung up on qualifications and hierarchies. She started signing her own name as Firstname Lastname NFDAA to annoy him.

It was her abbreviation for No F*ing Degree At All.

An associate of mine has B E M after his name (British Empire Medal ) .It means a lot to him and he cant understand why people dont have more reverence for him

Snakeblood · 13-09-2011 4:39pm

Bsc.

Bronze swimming certificate.*

*stolen from a Red Dwarf episode.

WindSock · 13-09-2011 5:18pm

WS Fetac Level 5

Kya1976 · 13-09-2011 5:29pm

No I don't, but it would have been AB BA while I was with my ex:D

Kevin Duffy · 13-09-2011 5:34pm

Kya1976 wrote: »

No I don't, but it would have been AB BA while I was with my ex:D

Probably just as well that relationship met its Waterloo so.....

.....jag hämtar min kappa....

Scealta_saol · 13-09-2011 5:38pm

I have friends who have a BA and an MA - I love trying to convince them to change their surname to O. That way they go from Joe Bloggs to Joe O BA MA

Sarn · 13-09-2011 5:51pm

I only use the highest qualification (relevant to my job) every now and then in work related correspondence. Usually when I'm requesting something that could meet some resistance.

St.Spodo · 13-09-2011 6:00pm

Friend of mine has that after his surname on Facebook.

woodchuck · 13-09-2011 6:03pm

I got my PhD recently, so love filling in forms as Dr. Cox

Sky King · 13-09-2011 6:04pm

BE MEngSc and I could go and pay the fungineers fanclub or whatever they;re called a few hundred quid every year for the privilege of using CEng MIEI on top of that if I cared, which I don't.

All I care about is the acquisition of fat stacks, yo.

siltirocker · 13-09-2011 6:05pm

IMO using an undergrad signature is a bit naff.

Like come on, a post grad and up sure but. . . who are you impressing with a bachelor of arts.

pow wow · 13-09-2011 6:06pm

I don't use them but you betcha I'll be Dr. pow wow when I get my PhD. It's probably the only use it will be to me.

gypsy_rose · 13-09-2011 6:09pm

When I finish I'm going to be

Gypsy rose bs

Bachelor of science :rolleyes:

Odysseus · 13-09-2011 6:49pm

Only use them on work related projects, like court reports and the like.

Bloody Nipples · 13-09-2011 6:54pm

Got my BSc last Wed, but they hand them out like lollipops these days so I wouldn't ever consider using it after my name. Ask me again in a year when i'm an MSc (hopefully

)

13-09-2011 6:57pm

no i dont bother, i laugh every time i get a letter from the inst of actuaries to my name, bsc msc
i'll have to get my cello diploma and finish this hetac-level-whateverthehellitis and throw a few more on at the end :pac:

ANXIOUS · 13-09-2011 7:03pm

I use Dr sometimes, if only in case the opportunity comes along from fear and loathing in las Vegas.

Sky King · 13-09-2011 7:05pm

bluewolf wrote: »

cello diploma :

What really?

merengueca · 13-09-2011 7:07pm

My job has a pre requisite for MEng, pref chartered but I dont have anything after school level.
Got there the hard way through years of working up from entry level.

I do judge people who list all there qualifications after their name as part of any email signature, it just seems a little insecure to me. (but that could be inverted snobbery on my behalf

)

El Weirdo · 13-09-2011 7:14pm

Sarn wrote: »

Usually when I'm requesting something that could meet some resistance.

What, like a load of ohms?

13-09-2011 7:21pm

Sky King wrote: »

What really?

i think you could technically add it to the end of your name
not that you would like, i'm just joking around here...

edit: though if i ever got the fellowship level one, you can bet i'd be waving that about

Sky King · 13-09-2011 7:26pm

I do judge people who list all there qualifications after their name as part of any email signature, it just seems a little insecure to me. (but that could be inverted snobbery on my behalf

I agree. It's totally daft.

Bill can you lock up this evening please?
-regards,
Joe Bloggs Bsc MSc Phd

etc.

A qualification means a person is trained in and has the capacity to understand a particular discipline, It doesn't mean they know all about it.

Letters after your name do not denote creativity, emotional intuition, attention to detail.... or intelligence. I have seen a lot of profoundly stupid people rote-learn their way to academic success.

bluewolf wrote: »

i think you could technically add it to the end of your name not that you would like, i'm just joking around here...

Ha, no I know you're joking but i didn't realise one could do an actual course in a musical instrument other than the grades 1-8 etc... is it a follow on from that?

annascott · 13-09-2011 7:28pm

Certainly not on correspondence. Business cards should carry them though if they are actually related to business and not just contact cards.

My email signature at work just gives my job title, I have never added the BA,MA . If I had a doctorate though. I would definitely use Dr on my credit cards and when making reservations..

My name is URL · 13-09-2011 7:29pm

St.Spodo wrote: »

Friend of mine has that after his surname on Facebook.

I know a fella that does this.. he pretty much includes it as part of his name in everyday life. I don't have the heart to tell him that it's unnecessary and kinda stupid.. I'm sure the postman is well impressed by his educational history though.

Why don't people just give a brief biography after their name?

Regards,

URL - Single, United supporter, Dog owner, Astra Driver

13-09-2011 7:37pm

Sky King wrote: »

Ha, no I know you're joking but i didn't realise one could do an actual course in a musical instrument other than the grades 1-8 etc... is it a follow on from that?

Yeah it's a big leap though - the first time I did it years ago I was totally unprepared for the programme notes and the viva

i did a sort of mini version of it internally in the DIT in the end which they informally called "grade 9" but i want to go back to the actual abrsm one sometime

http://www.abrsm.org/exams/diplomas

the RIAM have one as well
https://extranet.riam.ie/associate/regulations.asp

Betaketone · 13-09-2011 7:58pm

merengueca wrote: »

(but that could be inverted snobbery on my behalf )

It probally is, but on the upside you seem to have a decent grasp of self-introspection.

Sarn · 13-09-2011 8:17pm

El Weirdo wrote: »

What, like a load of ohms?

Strangely enough, a part of my last job actually involved measuring electrical resistance.

oppenheimer1 · 13-09-2011 9:18pm

Mine is Robert Oppenheimer E.C.D.L.

plein de force · 13-09-2011 9:27pm

that really is naff unless you're a doctor using it for a work situation, otherwise i can't see why anyone would use it.

pickarooney · 13-09-2011 10:00pm

Sarn wrote: »

I only use the highest qualification (relevant to my job) every now and then in work related correspondence. Usually when I'm requesting something that could meet some resistance.

B. Org?

Stinicker · 13-09-2011 10:04pm

Cordially Yours,

Assistant Urologist,

I.P Freely.

rain on · 13-09-2011 10:19pm

I've had BA MA MBS after my name for going on three years now and I have never, not once, used them. I can't imagine any situation in which i would, either.

Sarn · 13-09-2011 10:28pm

pickarooney wrote: »

B. Org?

It's all a bit futile, isn't it?

busyliving · 14-09-2011 4:54pm

rain on wrote: »

I've had BA MA MBS after my name for going on three years now and I have never, not once, used them. I can't imagine any situation in which i would, either.

Is there not a small part of you that would like to use them...Because they are kinda impressive

Scealta_saol · 14-09-2011 5:47pm

What about a NEET [not in education, employment, training]? Could they put that after their name?

Mickey H · 14-09-2011 6:35pm

Sky King wrote: »

Letters after your name do not denote creativity, emotional intuition, attention to detail.... or intelligence. I have seen a lot of profoundly stupid people rote-learn their way to academic success.

Very true. Also, people who write Dr. Joe Bloggs BSc MSc Ph.D

Having a Ph.D puts Dr. in front of your name. You don't use both. Either sign off as Dr. Joe Bloggs BSc MSc or Joe Bloggs BSc MSc Ph.D.

rain on · 15-09-2011 2:04pm

busyliving wrote: »

Is there not a small part of you that would like to use them...Because they are kinda impressive

Ah yeah .. a small bit..

barbiegirl · 15-09-2011 3:25pm

On my CV I do because it's relevant barbiegirl B.Sc. Mgt. (Hons) otherwise nope

Plus I admit I went to DIT even if my Degree is from Trinity, lots of my classmates seems to leave that bit out :rolleyes:

Azureus · 15-09-2011 3:48pm

I don't, unless it was relevant to what I was doing ie if I was a dentist and applying for a job, Im gonna pop masters qualifications down! (Im not).
My actual initials are S N M while we're on the subject though, tempted to never put my full name on a cv again-initials only-will probably get more jobs.

later12 · 15-09-2011 4:04pm

Mickey H wrote: »

Very true. Also, people who write Dr. Joe Bloggs BSc MSc Ph.D

Having a Ph.D puts Dr. in front of your name. You don't use both. Either sign off as Dr. Joe Bloggs BSc MSc or Joe Bloggs BSc MSc Ph.D.

You should still write PhD, because it's pretty standard procedure to indicate where you attained your higher postgraduate qualifications, so you would maybe say

Dr. Joe Bloggs BSc, MSc, PhD (Oxon) for example

Personally I have a BSc and an MSc and have never once in my life used them. It just isn't appropriate unless you're in a 'nameplate' career (lawyer, Doctor, psychologist, dentist, vet, estate agent, etc.) and dealing with walk-in members of the public.

The idea of a banker or a teacher or a marketing advisor in a large corporation using his letters in everyday circumstances is a little absurd imo.

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