Take a sheet of paper. Fold it in half. Then fold it in half again. That’s called a French fold. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “French Fold”
One theory of language suggests that there should be a word for every concept.
We’ll never get there.
Right.
But I found a word or phrase for a concept.
If you take an 8.5 by 11 sheet of paper and fold it in half and then fold it in half again.
Do you know what it’s called?
Folded piece of paper.
Well, a quarter fold maybe.
It’s also called a French fold, which I did not know.
A French fold.
Yeah, and I don’t know why.
Oh, I thought that would be how you make your bed or something.
A French fold.
Well, French, usually in English, when we have terms with the word French, it’s usually naughty, except for French dry cleaning.
Right, right.
Other people’s, yeah.
Yeah, other people’s, yeah.
But it’s called a French fold.
I wonder why.
So that’s a quarter-folded sheet of paper.
Who knew?
Yeah, who knew that?
What did you just learn that you want to share with everybody?
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