I myself have been addressed as "professor" in contexts where the reasoning was clearly "better to call someone in academia a professor when they're not, than not give a professor their proper title."
Yep, have done this, can confirm! Also if not in academia (but in a science-ish context where the person probably has some education) will address as "Dr" unless/until I get confirmation they're not a Ph.D., for the same reason.
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Re: Hohenzollern/Habsburg: The Origin Story
Date: 2024-03-21 03:10 am (UTC)Yep, have done this, can confirm! Also if not in academia (but in a science-ish context where the person probably has some education) will address as "Dr" unless/until I get confirmation they're not a Ph.D., for the same reason.