Czechs like titles. All those Mgr., Ing., Ing. arch., PhD., PhDr., etc etc etc are slapped before and/or after one's name everywhere. W/o a title you are a loser. With a title everyone starts to speak to you politely. At the same time Czechs recognise titles from the Czech system of education only (with some minor exceptions). I.e., should you get a Master's degree abroad, you are noone to Czechs even if you nostrificate your diploma. Czechs even legally forbid to use titles that are not recognised by Czech Republic under penalty of a (pretty high) fine. And a nostrification document says something like "yeah, we recognise it, but no, you are not entitled to have a title".

Possible dialogue with a real clerk from a real life:

— Full name please?
— John Smith.
— Have you got a title?
— I'm a Master of Science in Engineering, but according to local laws, no.
— Oh, that's unfortunate. ("haaa loser", says the clerk to themselves)

Well, guess what. You will see my real title in its international form now after my name here. It's not covered by Czech laws. I cannot put it into the official documents. I will just irritate you. Even if I know people out here are normal and do not care about conservative crap like this.

@oleksandr you forgot to list RNDr. and I take it as an insult.

@vbabka I take it as a personal insult to not decipher it as "Random Doctor".

@oleksandr Am I doing it right Sasha?

cc: @vbabka @lkundrak

@ljs @oleksandr @vbabka you have been knighted by Ing. King of Czechia, CSc. 🍺

@ljs @lkundrak @vbabka ACGI is like CGI but roughly 320x240 only?

@oleksandr I think they are obliged to recognise other EU qualifications now. I recall that Germany was forced to recognise my PhD but not my American colleages

@ianturton Recognising a qualification doesn't mean a permission to officially use a title along with your name.

@oleksandr @lkundrak @vbabka yes

@oleksandr I think it does - At least that was the issue in Germany, an American was arrested for using his Dr title but the Europeans were OK. I've no idea if as a Brit I'm covered post-brexit with a pre-brexit degree

@ianturton To my knowledge, Czech Republic recognizes titles from Slovakia, Hungary, Poland and Slovenia only. Plus there are some additional rules for Germany.