Re: [asa] The Challenge (was Advice for conversing with YECs)

From: John Burgeson (ASA member) <hossradbourne@gmail.com>
Date: Sat Nov 08 2008 - 16:19:37 EST

On 11/8/08, Michael Roberts <michael.andrea.r@ukonline.co.uk> wrote:
> Slightly mischievous, but Foolscap is the old standard British sized paper ,
> slightly longer than A4. We used it till 30 years ago, along with Quarto.
> The maths would be more complex:) Perhaps foolscap never crossed the pond?

I probably encountered it somewhere in the past 77 years because I
"recognized" it as (possibly) coming from something Shakespeare wrote.
I had no idea it referred to something specific in the paper business.

jb

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