Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Forms of address

What would be the correct formal address of a Consultant Surgeon. Would it
be Professore rather than Dottore?

 be Professore rather than Dottore?
If you are interacting with a physician in a medical setting it's
"doctor", but if you are in an academic environment and he's a
professor (let's say you are a medical student and he's you professor)
you can use "professor".  We don't use "professore" as frequently as it
is used in Italian.  I am not sure about other English speaking
countries.
bye
ari

gcar...@ssfusd.k12.ca.us
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I think he wants to know how we say in Italian, actually.
FB

 countries.
I believe in the UK _surgeons_ get addressed as "Mister", to set
themselves
apart from mere "doctors"

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Oh I am sorry, I think you are right!  Mea culpa.

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gh...@mistral.co.uk
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That's correct. It is a sort of reverse snobbery. In England surgeons 
were historically often untrained men or barbers. Doctors of medicine 
considered them to be inferiors. As the status of surgeons became 
greater, and equalled (or overtook) that of doctors surgeons kept the 
"Mister" title to distinguish themselves from the "ordinary" doctors. 
If you address an English surgeon as, e.g. "Doctor Smith" he/she might 
reply sharply "It is Mr. Smith (Mrs, Ms. etc.) if you don't mind!"
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<< I think he wants to know how we say in Italian, actually.>>
Correct. I am about to be operated on by an Italian Cardiac Surgeon from the 
University of Verona and I though it would be courteous to address him in 
the most appropriate way. I don't know if he actually is a Professor at the 
University or not but that isn't relevant.
So, can anybody help me with the usual Italian form of address. I can hardly 
call him Signor, can I.
Many thanks.

 call him Signor, can I.
he won't mind, ok, but avoid calling him "signore"... that wouldn't 
surely be much appreciated :)
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Ranazu ha scritto:
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You might ask it.scienza.medicina. If I, for one, were to meet Umberto 
Veronesi (I do hope not!), I guess I'd call him "professor Veronesi", 
though I don't know why since I don't know whether he's currently a 
university teacher. I suppose it's something you say to doctors who are 
also researchers.
FB

Thanks for you replys. They give me fair idea. 

 University or not but that isn't relevant.
Well, I think it is relevant.  I think the title of "professor" is
reserved for those in academia.  If he's not teaching, I' d just
address him as "doctor"
ari

 call him Signor, can I.
Too obvious, but...have you already tried in Google? Digiting his name + 
cardiologia (or cardiologo) + verona, you should find something!
In any case, you wrote he's from the Verona university, which means he's 
a "prof."
Tabhall

 apart from mere "doctors"
In italiano, invece, il "mister" è l'allenatore di una squadra di
calcio...
ma forse oggi il termine si usa meno che in passato...

 considered them to be inferiors.
In "The Madness of King George", il medico afferma che la visita al 
paziente è l'ultima delle misure, da adottare solo in casi estremi.
Ciao, FB