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'?

 

Thoughts, comments, questions and suggestions onna postcard to the usual address...

Posted via email from dakegra.net

Comments

[boliviafang.livejournal.com]

I understand fortnight to be two weeks, but I never use it. And without overthinking it, I would assume bi-weekly meant every other week.

"Every other week" being the phrase I use, I now find myself puzzling over whether bi-weekly would really mean twice a week...

But then this can only lead to the interminable and unsolvable "this Saturday" versus "next Saturday" discussion. So I'm going to bed.

[dakegra.livejournal.com]

oh, but that's so much fun!

F'rinstance, if it's a sunday or a monday, then 'next saturday' is the first saturday coming up. From about tuesday onwards, 'next saturday' is most likely to be the saturday following the first aaturday, whereas the first saturday becomes 'this saturday'

However! on monday, 'this saturday' can also be the next saturday chronologically. ie. the first saturday coming up.

easy, really. No scope for confusion. No sirree.

[boliviafang.livejournal.com]

*rolls over and goes back to sleep*

[dakegra.livejournal.com]

*prod*

*poke*

*prodprodprod*

[boliviafang.livejournal.com]

*burrowing*

[dakegra.livejournal.com]

*waves coffee*