Thank-you, Daniel. I had a hard time swallowing the shard theory--I always took that for something hard and sharp and broken. Dorie ----- Original Message ----- From: Daniel Reinhold <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 1:27 PM Subject: [GERMAN-LIFE] Chad > A shard is NOT a chad. A chad is: > chad > > chad (chad) noun > The paper removed when a hole is punched in a card, in a tape, or at the > perforated edge of continuous-form paper-the computer equivalent of a > doughnut hole. > > A shard is: > > shard > > shard [shaard] (plural shards) or sherd [shurd] (plural sherds) noun > 1. broken piece of glass: a sharp broken piece of glass or metal > 2. ARCHAEOLOGY See potsherd > 3. ZOOLOGY scale or shell: an animal's scales, shell, or other tough > outer covering > 4. INSECTS beetle's outer wing: the outer wing covering of a beetle > > [Old English sceard "cut, notch." Ultimately from an Indo-European word > meaning "to cut," which is also the ancestor of English shear, scar, score, > and short .] > > Dan > > Daniel Gensemer REINHOLD III > Clinton Computer Consultants > RR 4 Box 45 > Mill Hall, PA 17751-9622 > Voice phone (570) 748-3201 > Internet [email protected] > Founder of The Millbrook Playhouse. Go to: > http://www.millbrookplayhouse.com/ > Reinhold Genealogy Homepage - http://cub.kcnet.org/~dreinhol/index.html > Genealogical Surname Searching: > REINHOLD, Lancaster County. PA, 1752 - now > also variants REINOEL, REINHOLT, REINHOLDT, REINWALD > AMWEG, WENGER, WALTER, GENSEMER, Lancaster County, PA, 1700s > MUSSER, GLISSEN, - SE PA. 1840 - now > MACK, MOCK,- NE PA, 1880 - now > Shake any family tree and a few nuts will fall.