Used Rarely. merc is in the lower 50% of commonly used words in the Collins dictionary
Â· just now. Report Abuse. you can fold a piece of regular paper in half 12 times. You can fold paper for ever if you start in the corner and dog ear it that's 4 right there turn it over and there is 8 more dog ears there now fold it in half that's 9 so 8 is straight out. snizzleborfin Â· 9 years ago.
I assumed (incorrectly) that the U.S. flag was folded 13 times in honor of the first 13 U.S. states. Even though the practice of incorporating 13 folds did not begin because each fold had a specific meaning, specific meanings have subsequently come to be ascribed to each of the 13 folds.