fortnights

[dakegra]

A discussion this morning threw up the interesting titbit of info:

Apparently Americans don't use the word 'fortnight' to describe a two-week period.

We then got onto the meaning of the word 'bi-weekly', and whether it means twice a week, or every two weeks.

 

So, dear reader:

If you are American - do you know what I mean by 'fortnight', and would you use it in regular everyday use?

What do *you* understand by the term 'bi-weekly'?

 

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Comments

[magda-vogelsang.livejournal.com]

I'm with most of those here, in that I know the term fortnight, but don't use it regularly (though I might do so in and SCA context, since most others there would know the term).

And I would use bi-weekly to mean every 2 weeks, just like a bicentennial means something is 200 years old. But I have seen it used to mean twice a week,which I find annoying.

[dakegra.livejournal.com]

irritating, isn't it? Wish they'd just pick one definition and stick to it.