Originally Posted by OokieCookie
As a side note, what someone said about academics being insular jerks is spot-on too! I recently finished up my first (and last!) year in a PhD program in English. My advisor referred to non-academics as "civilians". The first time she did this I waited in vain for the laugh or smile that would indicate she was just horsing around. It never came. Wowzers.
Universities are obviously another can o' worms.......I knew a couple of lecturers who insisted they be addressed as "Professor"!!! We call them "w@nkers" (jerk-offs). One of the guys almost reacted as blatantly as The Maestro on Seinfeld if you got it wrong.
