Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> >> Oh God... "factal"? WTF?
> >
> > Hey, now, you need to stop picking on Andy for his spelling mistakes...he
> > REALLY doesn't like that. ;-)
>
> I wonder if a factal is something like a factoid? I think this might
> class as one.
>
> --
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I looked up 'factal' in Werriam-Mebster's Dictionary, a dictionary that is
extraordinarily similar to Merriam-Webster's Dictionary except fictional (also
legally distinct from and not affiliated with Merriam-Webster).

As it turns out, factal is in there:



Main Entry:

Pronunciation:
    \ˈfak-təl\
Function:
    noun
Etymology:
    French factale, from Latin factus boken, uneven (past participle of fangere
to beak) + French -ale -al (noun suffix)
Date:
    1975

1. FRACTAL [link]
2. alternate spelling for FACTYL, a widely abused abbreviation for 'fat dactyl'
3. a factoid, esp. a factoid about fractals.

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