John Cowan wrote:
>
> Peter T. Daniels scripsit:
> >
> > Phillip Driscoll wrote:
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> > [snippage]
> >
> > > --Ph. D.
> >
> > Is that, as creationists like to say, an "earned" Ph.D.?
>
> Presumably it was awarded to him by his parents. Perhaps the "." after
> "Ph" should historically be a colon, however, as in "Sam: Johnson".

Indeed, it's just an abbreviation of my name. All I claim is a B.S. in
Computer Science, 1977.

I could say "Ph. D., B. S.", but that sounds like some kind of joke.

--Ph. D.