guesss what.
i found the origin of the term 'foolscap'.
XD cos im rather tired of hearing ppl say foolscap foolscap XD
so here's the history (taken from word detective)


.. It certainly beats such awkward designations as "eight and one-half by eleven," or that irrepressibly romantic European invention, "A4."

"Foolscap" is indeed the name of a particular size of writing or printing paper, although today you're more likely to encounter the term in a historical novel than in an office supply catalog. According to Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, foolscap writing paper measures 13 1/4 by 16 1/2 inches, and foolscap printing paper (don't ask me why this is different) is 13 1/2 by 17 inches.

Foolscap has been around for a long time, probably since either the 15th or 16th century. The original foolscap paper was easily recognized because it bore the distinctive watermark of -- drum roll, please -- a "fool's," or court jester's, cap. A fool's cap, once standard issue for jesters or "royal fools" in many European courts of the Middle Ages, is a multicolored hat festooned with bells hanging on conical strips of fabric. Although these hats have recently reappeared, worn by the famous "Motley Fool" duo of investment advisors, fool's caps are still not nearly as popular on Wall Street as they ought to be.

I'm not sure whether anyone is still producing paper in the standard foolscap size, but today we use the term as a fancy synonym for writing paper of any large size. And anyway, even if someone were still making "real" foolscap, it almost certainly wouldn't fit in our laser printers.


in other words, foolscap simply means the dimensions of a piece of writing paper.
but humans have kinda gotten used to the word so it stuck XD

anyway, today is well... horrible.
im just its going to be over.
XD but oh well... nvm la XD
i go submit my next chapter alr.
see ya =))

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