[DCRM-L] hanging chad?

[Deborah J. Leslie]

There was a long discussion on ExLibris some time ago. I've been using "temoin" because that's what the Rare Book School Des.Bib calls it. The debate could be ended by adding it as a form term to the printing evidence thesaurus; I think what's lacking is sufficient literary warrant.

BTW, can you believe my spell check won't accept "chad?" There's certainly been enough time since the Florida debacle for it to have been added!

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From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On Behalf Of Vernica Downey
Sent: Tuesday, 29 April, 2008 09:33
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Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] hanging chad?

Dear Nina:

I think the term you are thinking of is témoin (witness).

-- Vernica

Vernica M. Downey
Cataloger/Database Management Librarian
Houghton Library
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138



nina at supermodern.com wrote:
> Hi Folks:
>
> What do you call the flap that occurs when a corner of a leaf of paper has been folded at a 45-degree angle within the text block and has missed the blade of the guillotine therefore showing the original margins before they've been trimmed? 
>
> I thought it was just called a flap but it's not in Carter's ABCs. I remember someone had a name for it.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Nina