Why does bi-weekly mean "every two weeks?" This has always bothered me because intuitively it should mean "twice a week."
Why does bi-weekly mean "every two weeks?" This has always bothered me because intuitively it should mean "twice a week."
Similar case in point: "bimonthly" means "twice a month." That makes sense.
But the definition for "bi-weekly" does not make sense.
What do you think?
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An old word that fell out of use to describe a two-week period is "fortnight."
It should make a come back, but I fear the current generations would always misspell it for... reasons.
Fortnight is in routine usage in the UK.
Old word?
Only in America, surely. Fortnightly is as common as weekly in most other English-speaking nations
Oh, I didn't get the memo, I used fortnight/ly all the time
Very commonly used in Australia.
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