Factlet
A Korean man over 75 is more likely to be working than a Frenchman in his early 60s. [NYT via Sullivan]
But you knew that already, didn't you.
it's a factlet, not a factoid.
posted by Clemens @ 8:27 PM
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Sententiae
Sententia-ae. fem, Latin for: opinion, view, judgment; purpose, intention; (law) sentence, verdict; (in the Senate) motion, proposal, view; meaning, sense; sentence; maxim. See also: garrulitas, magnificentia, opinio, praejudicum.
01 November 2010
But you knew that already, didn't you.
it's a factlet, not a factoid.
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Just what is the difference between a factlet and a factoid oh wise and wonderful friend of Marrian Webster?
Here it is, courtesy of the history professor:
A factoid is a thing that looks like a fact, walks like a fact, squawks like a fact, but is NOT a fact.
A factlet is just a tiny little fact, or a datum.
I've harped on this before.
(btw, Marrian is the name of a woman I once dated, not the name of the dictionary guy)
So you are telling me that my spelling of the dictionary guy is a factoid, and that the Marrian you dated is a factlet? (You should know that spailing is not one of my strong points.)
No. Actually my relationship with the Marrian turned out to be a factoid.
To my surprise.
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