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Outing a bogus structural Engineer

CynicalSkeptic said:
Not every engineer is a PE. As a degreed and employed Computer Engineer, I've never bothered to take the PE exam. I've never been asked about it at a job interview. I did (breifly) look into it, just to help pad my resume', but never followed through.

http://www.ece.vt.edu/ugrad/feexam.html
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You are quite right! Being a PE is more important in some fields than it is in others (at my work place, for example, when you get your PE, you also get a 15% raise).

In the case of Structural Engineering, then having the PE is quite important indeed.

Therefore, if someone is claiming to be an actual Structural Engineer, then asking about their professional qualifications is a very fair and relevant question when they are discussing something like woo woo stuff.
 
Architect said:
What, you mean he drinks ferociously then shouts unintelligibly before going for a deep fried pizza supper?
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Actually, yes. It sounds like you know him, too . . . As far as the accents go, he does more of a "Glasgow" accent when he's doing it for comedy, but every once in a while he will throw in what he calls an "Edinbourough" and then a "Highland" accent to illustrate the "sutt-ul" differences. I can't tell if he's blowing smoke or not, my side of the family left the UK about 150 years ago. To me he sounds a lot like Craig Ferguson (from the late-night show here, not his accent from the Drew Carrey show).
 
jaydeehess said:
Well, I did not know that beer and food was so expensive in Scotland. Seems everything costs 24.80
How can you afford to get drunk, or is the minumum wage just realllll good?

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I could answer that question, but it'll cost you £24.80. Special price for our American cousins.....
 
As far as accents go I have a story to relate but Architect may have to stop reading right now as it has to do with the Welsh, not Scots.

I had two math professors in university, both Welshmen and I remarked (tongue in cheek) to one of them that it did not take long to get used to the accent since both of my math professors had the same accent (my Chem tutor was Vietnamese, now that was tough). The extra exposure made for a quicker uptake. He then remarked that what I said was a little unusual since he was from south Wales and the other prof was from north Wales and he did'nt think they sounded much alike at all.
 
Northern Welshman tend to have a more anglified accent, whereas the South is very, very broad.

But of course, Anthony Hopkins appears to have no accent at all so there you go.......ditto Richard Burton, who was from coal mining country in the deep South.
 
Think of it as a reward for living so close but keeping your temper!
 
Jings, crivens, help ma boab.

Don't worry, I have to fight the temptation to listen to my internal voices too........ooops
 
Architect said:
Accents vary quite widely in Scotland. I tend to sound like one of the locals in Whisky Galore......ochone, ochone.....
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One of my top 10 favorite films! Just a perfect little Ealing movie. Almost unknown in the States, though (it was released here as Tight Little Island.) For years I owned a washed-out VHS copy, but there's a good DVD version out now.

"It's a well known fact that some men were born two drinks below par."

Mother (paraphrased): "I'm told there are also cannibals in Africa, but no son of mine is going to eat human flesh!"
 
Trivia Fact about Whisky Galore no.1:

James Robertson Justice was, despite his English accent, from a Western Isles family and spoke Gaelic. One day the wee Barra nyaffs tried to talk about him in what can only be perjorative terms assuming he couldn't understand. Apparently they were ever so shocket to get a Gaelic bollocking followed by a swift kick up the mas.

No.2:

Although the real sinking happened on Eriskay (popn. 10 folk and a dog), the film was shot on Barra (next island southwards) because it had pubs and everything.

If you've never visited Barra, you need to do so. The ferry runs from Oban through the Sound of Mull (past Duart Castle), then skirts Tiree and Coll, before cutting up the very souther (uninhabited) end of the archipeligo (or, as we say in Gaelic, archipeligo)

Alternatively, if you fly, the runway is actually the beach! Most folk assume it's only used when the sand is dry, but it's a very very soft sand so they actually only use it when there's 6 inches of water. It's like the worlds wildest car wash!


Trivia rant over. I should indicate that I actually come from further north in the islands, North Uist........
 
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