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More fun with words:

aleatory
which leads one to the rather unusual dual-purposed
frottage
Note to self: be very clear when inviting artists over...

Seems to me in the second, erm, duel-purposed sense, phrottage might capture the meaning more accurately.

And the derivation for aleatory tells (tales?) me that when Caesar said alea jacta est, "the die is cast", it must have been a die as in gaming. I always wondered whether it meant "the die (1d6?) has been thrown" or "the form for the shaping of iron has been forged".

Yes, I enjoy word play.

Also note, although we usually say see-sar, it's actually supposed to be a hard C, hence the German: Kaiser. posted by Richard at 08:47 / permalink (post) | permalink (numeric)