Sard
The Urth list — 4 messages, 2 voices, 05 Nov 2011
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Andrew Mason — 05 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.

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David Stockhoff — 06 Nov 2011, 13:38
  in reply to Andrew Mason

> 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.

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Andrew Mason — 06 Nov 2011, 21:06
  follows, by subject match David Stockhoff

> 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.

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David Stockhoff — 06 Nov 2011, 22:18
  in reply to Andrew Mason

> 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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