Dear Colleen "Sic" means "thus" in Latin. I thought the name looked odd so I added (sic) to indicate that is how it was written Clare In a message dated 23/07/2010 08:13:20 GMT Daylight Time, sct-renfrew-request@rootsweb.com writes: Excuse my ignorance but what does (sic) mean? Colleen in sunny NZ > with the odd rain cloud. >