Sard

The Urth list — 4 messages, 2 voices, 05 Nov 2011
https://urth.darkrealm.vip/thread/urth/6098

Andrew Mason05 Nov 2011, 22:45
A while ago I raised the question whether Sard, the pawnbroker in Long Sun, was a chem. I've found positive evidence that he is; at the beginning of Calde, 'Sard' is given as an example of a chem name. So it seems chems can have their own businesses, though it's unusual.
David Stockhoff06 Nov 2011, 13:38

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On 11/5/2011 6:45 PM, Andrew Mason wrote: A while ago I raised the question whether Sard, the pawnbroker in Long Sun, was a chem. I've found positive evidence that he is; at the beginning of Calde, 'Sard' is given as an example of a chem name. So it seems chems can have their own businesses, though it's unusual.
Sard: "A clear or translucent, deep orange-red to brownish-red variety of chalcedony. Also called sardius. [Middle English sarde, from Old French, from Latin sarda...." Also apparently another name for carnelian.
Andrew Mason06 Nov 2011, 21:06

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David Stockhoff wrote: Sard: "A clear or translucent, deep orange-red to brownish-red variety of chalcedony. Also called sardius. [Middle English sarde, from Old French, from Latin sarda...." Also apparently another name for carnelian.
That is indeed the principal meaning of 'sard'; but I think people before now, wanting the pawnbroker Sard to be human, have interpreted it as a fish.
David Stockhoff06 Nov 2011, 22:18

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On 11/6/2011 4:06 PM, Andrew Mason wrote: David Stockhoff wrote:
Sard: "A clear or translucent, deep orange-red to brownish-red variety of chalcedony. Also called sardius. [Middle English sarde, from Old French, from Latin sarda...." Also apparently another name for carnelian.
That is indeed the principal meaning of 'sard'; but I think people before now, wanting the pawnbroker Sard to be human, have interpreted it as a fish.
But that's Latin or Greek. Not allowed.

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