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Fledge or Pledge?

09/21/2009 10:51 PM

Which is correct?

Full-pledged Engineer or Full-fledged Engineer?
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passingtongreen
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Re: Fledge or Pledge

09/21/2009 11:08 PM

Fledged. When a fledgling gets all it's adult feathers it is fully fledged.

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09/22/2009 10:55 AM

Engineers should never pledge anything. That implies a degree of certainty about something. Such an attitude would destroy our carefully cultivated image of invoking vague, mysterious and occasionally unreliable magic in our work.
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09/22/2009 10:31 PM

HAhaha!

But Canadian engineers pledge - Oath of the Iron ring

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09/23/2009 9:29 AM

Probably good advice, after I pledged a fraternity, my life took a pretty big change...

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Re: Fledge or Pledge?

10/18/2009 12:02 AM

A solemn binding promise to do, give, or refrain from doing something: signed a pledge never to reveal the secret; a pledge of money to a charity.

  1. Having reached full development; mature.
  2. Having full status or rank: a full-fledged lawyer

I believe both are correct Pledge means follow the companies rules. Do not reveal company Trade Secrets. Fledged to be a fully developed Engineer is respectable and to be a high ranking Engineer such as I used to be Senior Staff Scientist. Go for it be better and smarter than the next guy.

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