[email protected] wrote: > > Yes, Stan, I agree on the mispronunciation of "shard." Thanks also to you. I was forced to look to my laurels because I failed to refer to a more up-to-date edition of my dictionary. However, I maintain my view that "chad" is a corruption of "shard" brought about by the inadequate ear of someone who was able to set it in a place where it attracted the attention of the lexicographers. Small satisfaction in that, however. Thanks again. Stan from Livonia, MI