fragments

[English4everyone]

When a bomb goes off, some fragments go to different directions and may hit and injure people.
What do you call these dangerous fragments in English?
Thanks.

 

[emsr2d2]

When a bomb goes off, some fragments go in different directions and may hit and injure people.
What do you call these dangerous fragments in English?
Thanks.

Schrapnel. It's a German word, I believe, but it's the one we use.

 

[Rover_KE]

The more common spelling is shrapnel.

 

[emsr2d2]

The more common spelling is shrapnel.

I'm seriously starting to wonder how I was school spelling champion for 8 years in a row! I've always spelt it with a "c" and thought it was German. Not that I didn't believe you, Rover, but various dictionaries backed you up (of course).

 

[5jj]

Until today, I would have said that emsr2d2 was right, and Bob wrong.

We live and learn.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrapnel_shell

 

[Rover_KE]

Until today, I would have said that emsr2d2 was right, and Bob wrong.

We live and learn.

It was me wot writ it - not Bob.uppydog:

 

[Barb_D]

It was me wot writ it - not Bob.uppydog:

It's so easy to mix up one genius for another...