"three fold" should mean 8x not 3x
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[email protected]replied to [email protected] last edited by
I think youβre thinking about it wrong.
The kind of fold here would be closer to Pleats not repeated bifolding.
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You mean, Avenged One hundred and twenty eight fold.
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π½πππππππππreplied to [email protected] last edited by
It's not "two fold," it's "twofold". And by extension, "threefold." The "fold" here is not an independent word with its own meaning.
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Thatβs only if you are folding the already folded paper. If you unfold after the first fold, then fold one of the halves in half, youβll always end up with the number of folds plus one.
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sp3ctr4lreplied to π½πππππππππ last edited by
Yeah, 'number'fold words in modern English are actually linguistic hold overs from before 'fold' was a verb that meant to bend something along a crease.
twofold | Etymology of twofold by etymonline
"double, characterized by duality," Old English tweofeald; see two + -fold. As an adverb⦠See origin and meaning of twofold.
(www.etymonline.com)
In a whole bunch of proto-English languages, fold or feald or fald or falt were all multiplicative suffixes (basically) attached to a number, which made a new word meaning to multiply by the number.
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I'd be willing to bet this is also why the phrase 'doubled over' literally means that a person is bent, or folded at their abdomen.
You take the new meaning of fold (to bend along a crease) but replace it with the word that twofold literally means (doubled).
If you interpreted 'doubled over' as literally as OP is taking twofold, than the phrase should mean that a person was above something and then spontaneously grew a clone of themselves, or became twice as heavy or tall or something.
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But you can fold the corners of a piece of paper, like dog earing the page of a book to make a quick bookmark, and unfolding that is very far from doubling the apparent surface area.
There are many ways of folding things that are not the very specific 'fold in half' or bifolding that you are envisioning.
Ever made a paper airplane?
Origami?
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No, that would be Avenged 340,282,366,920,938,463,463,374,607,431,768,211,456.
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Etymology is your friend.
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But it won't pick you up at the airport.
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Yes, but it's a good enough friend to tell you when your idea is stupid. Just not good enough to pick you up at the airport or hell you move house.
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In case you're not already a fan, I bet you'd like Robwords.
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This is actually pretty interesting. I wish I could pin someone else's comment. Thanks.
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Had not heard of him!
Thanks, I'll give him a watch
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He's also got a podcast with Jess Zafarris (available on YouTube).
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Good luck! I'd be thrilled to know what you think.
