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Man, this is getting to be very esoteric. Both words are from
facere, to do or to make. Details and source below:
Fact
[Latin factum, deed, from neuter past participle of facere, to
do.]
Factory
[Late Latin factoria, oil press, mill and Medieval Latin factoria,
establishment for factors, both from Latin factor, factor. See
FACTOR.]
Factor
[Middle English factour, perpetrator, agent, from Old French
facteur, from Latin factor, maker, from facere, to make.]
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Edition copyright © 1992 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Electronic version
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I remember this from a lesson in graduate school:
The sentence "Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492" was on the
chalk board, and we were to discuss the "truth" of this fact.
Every word in that sentence except in turned out to be
debatable. Was it Columbus or the Vikings or...?
Discovered would amuse the natives who had been here for
millennia.
1492 is a Christian number which differs from the Chinese,
Islamic, Jewish, Mayan, etc.
The point was that facts are manufactured or constructed from a
particular point of view.
My apologies to the list. I didn't think I would be asked for a
detailed explanation. I still think the quotes made the point best.
Mario
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I give up, what am I looking for on this spyware-riddled site? I find the same info for Stuart as I do for Catherine Mellina, John Loffredo, Jon Corzine, and my high school Latin teacher, who taught me that Factum, the neutral past participle meaning "to have created", is a different word than Factorium, an olive oil press. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello [EMAIL PROTECTED], > In reference to your comment: > > (check out zabasearch.com). Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Yahoo! Groups Links
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