Learned Something New

I may already have known this, because it sounded familiar, but I read today that British surgeons are not called "doctor." They are referred to as Mr./Ms./Mrs.

Apparently, to become a surgeon in UK a person has to become a doctor, but once a doctor is certified as a surgeon, s/he reverts to the more banal salutation.

It's sort of cool. And the reason has something to do with the fact that surgeons in olde tymes were actually tradesmen.

You can't make this stuff up.