Re: Name and label

[vuca@envi.env.civil.saitama-u.ac.jp (Vu Thanh Ca)]

At  5:04 PM 97.4.8 -0500, Tuan V Nguyen wrote:

>        Again, I agree with you on this. I, for the record, 
>have commented that the use of labels, e.g. title, 
>honorific, degree, etc as a prefix and/or appendix to one's 
>name is not necessary. Our names are what matter most. The 
>one thing that I found rather amusing about our academic 
>fellows in VN is that they tend to adore title and 
>honorific. In front of me now is a math book which were 
>written by a gentleman (which I do not want to name here) 
>with title "Gia'o Su+ Tie^'n Si~ 1" and another with "Gia'o 
>Su+  Tie^'n Si~ 2" ... Are there such things in VN?
>
>
>        T V Nguyen

Dear Anh Tuan,

Don't you think that that those Profs., Drs. need that title to win
a job and some money. Our society is still a "khoa cu+?" society,
and if someone does not show his title, very few people can trust
him. Seems that quality of one's works is not as highly appreciated  
as his title.

Cheers.

Ca.