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Caught a client's kid explaining my floor pattern to his mom all wrong
I was finishing up a herringbone install in a kitchen in Tacoma when I heard the homeowner's son, maybe 8 years old, confidently tell her the pattern was called 'fish bones'. I didn't correct him, but it got me thinking about the terms we use that might confuse people. Do you guys ever simplify the trade lingo for clients, or do you stick with the proper terms?
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wyatt1079d ago
My uncle was a history teacher and said the word herring comes from an army formation. So the kid is right, it's a fish thing, but the real story is about soldiers walking in a zigzag to avoid arrows. Makes you wonder how many trade names have a weird war story behind them.
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Ever wonder if the kid's name for it is actually better? Like, herringbone is just some old word, but fish bones makes total sense.
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