-g
David,You might want to be more specific before this one gets out of control. French, French-Canadian, French-American, or other?Michel Blangy, P.E.-----Original Message-----
From: David Fisher [mailto:dfisher@fpse.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 1:47 PM
To: seaint@seaint.org
Subject: RE: was excavationWhen I was working for SOM in the 80s, we had a French "designer" who referred to EVERY structural
Member (beam, column, slab, brace) as a (imagine said with a French accent al a Monty Python) "girder beam"
David L. Fisher SE PE
Senior Director
Cape Cod Grand Cayman Holdings Ltd. - Cayman
Fisher+Partners Structural Engineers Ltd. - Cayman
372 West Ontario Chicago 60610
75 Fort Street Georgetown Grand Cayman BWI
319 A Street Boston 02210
312.573.1701
312.573.1726 facsimile
312.622.0409 mobile
From: David Topete [mailto:dtopete@gfdseng.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 3:38 PM
To: seaint@seaint.org
Subject: RE: was excavation
Stucker? That's a new one. "Masonary" is about as common as "cement." I tend to correct people with some of those terms…
David A. Topete, SE
From: Bob Freeman [mailto:robert.freeman@idsse.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 1:33 PM
To: seaint@seaint.org
Subject: was excavation
David:
Have you heard of stucker?! How about masonary?
Bob Freeman
Architect
Structural Designer
--
-gm