Antonia  +  134198 Mon, 05 Sep 05 06:37 PM how do you call a student who is working on his phd thesis? Antonia Joined on Fri, Mar 11 2005 Contributing Member 1,266

	pieanne  +  134203 Mon, 05 Sep 05 06:53 PM Hi, Antonia!  What are you working on now?   pieanne Joined on Thu, Jan 20 2005 South of France ...But I'm Belgian! Veteran Member 7,517 I'm glad to help, but I'm not a native! And please excuse my typos...

	Antonia  +  134205 Mon, 05 Sep 05 07:14 PM Hi, It's the same text on required reading. At least I got some money for it But, I started today with ''Burns and their Treatment''. (medicine). It's for my thesis, just a translation exercise, like negotiation. Uzdravlje! (Cheers in Croatian)   Antonia Translation

	Clive  +  134290 Tue, 06 Sep 05 02:27 AM Hi, A doctoral candidate? Clive Clive Joined on Thu, Oct 28 2004 Canada Veteran Member 29,583 El tango argentino es un pensamiento triste que se puede bailar (The tango argentino is a sad thought which can be danced) Enrique Santos Discépolo

	Antonia  +  134371 Tue, 06 Sep 05 09:41 AM Hmm.. I'm not sure, but thank you very much on your suggestions. I'll go and look up what a doctoral candidate and research student do... Antonia Dates

	khoff  +  134841 Wed, 07 Sep 05 06:24 PM Antonia -- we would usually say "what do you call....," not "how do you call...". (When I see a question that begins "how do you call a person who..." I usually want to say "on the telephone.") khoff Joined on Sun, Mar 6 2005 Senior Member 3,264 Native speaker of American English (but not a grammar expert)

	goldmund  +  135134 Thu, 08 Sep 05 01:48 PM Dear Antonia, I have heard «PhD student». It is a kind of «postgraduate» also. With best wishes, Goldmund goldmund Joined on Fri, Jun 10 2005 Regular Member 581 «Tout homme peut dire véritablement; mais dire ordonnément, prudemment et suffisamment, peu d'hommes le peuvent.» - Michel de Montaigne

	Antonia  +  135218 Thu, 08 Sep 05 05:32 PM Thank you all for your suggestions! p.s. Ok, What do you call...What do you call... I have to repeat it several times to remember it. Thank you!! Antonia