On Mon March 31 2003 8:15 am, Luther, Ron wrote: > Any clues? http://www.behindthename.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?terms=solange&nmd=n&gender=both&operator=or French form of the Late Latin name Sollemnia, which was derived from Latin sollemnis "religious". This was the name of a French shepherdess who became a saint after she was killed by her master. my google search also turned up quite a few German references: http://dict.leo.org/?search=solange&searchLoc=0&relink=on&spellToler=standard§Hdr=on&tableBorder=1&cmpType=relaxed&lang=en so long as or while as a verb/verb phrase: - to strike while the iron is hot - to make hay while the sun shines does that help at all? -- <abbey />