[pianotech] conventional terms

[William Monroe]

Right David,

I agree.  As the spouse of a Registered Nurse, I think time develops the
meaning.  No one questions that RN's are educated, tested professionals.
With time, the same will be said of RPT's.  And, yes, changing things now
would undo a lot of hard work to get our credential recognized.

William R. Monroe



 Tom:
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> This is an old, long debated item – check the archives.  Everyone
> understands that a Registered Nurse is educated and tested as are Registered
> Physical Therapists (the other RPTs).  There has been enough marketing
> effort put into RPT that any change would cancel out a lot of good marketing
> effort.
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> If one wants to be linguistically correct at all times, we’d have to change
> our titles about every 10 years since words change their meanings all the
> time.
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> dp
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> David M. Porritt, RPT
> SNIP
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> But then, if we're going to talk terminology, my first priority would be to
> change the term "*Registered* Piano Technician".  This term bears no
> weight in the every day world.  It sounds like I took the time to fill out a
> card and now I'm registered with the PTG.  Like a dog is registered with the
> village and wears a little medallion on his collar.
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> Two standard definitions of "Registered" are
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> "enrolled"
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> or
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> "recorded in writing"
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> Does that describe accurately the status of a technician who has passed his
> exams?
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> "Technician who has been enrolled"?
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> "Technician who has his name recorded in writing"?
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> The PTG should use English terms that accurately describe what it is they
> are trying to define.
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> Tom Sivak
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> Chicago
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