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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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[โ€“] echodot@feddit.uk 24 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (18 children)

It's because of British English, and the fact that American English seems to have dropped a word which is caused confusion.

Bi-weekly means two times a week.

Fortnightly means every 2 weeks. But American English seems to have lost the word fortnightly, so there is this ambiguity now.

[โ€“] Zoidberg@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Even worse is bisexual not meaning "having sex twice". Ask me how I know...

[โ€“] nLuLukna@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Zoidberg@lemm.ee 0 points 10 months ago

Hey, long time. Do you want to have sex again? No, it's my girlfriend's turn now...

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