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Why does bi-weekly mean "every two weeks?" This has always bothered me because intuitively it should mean "twice a week." (lemmy.world)

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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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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Are you sure about that? I'm from Canada and distinctly remember the travel ads urging us to head on down to participate in the bicentennial celebrations, meant to celebrate the second century of that country's founding.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

bicentennial

Well shit, I stand corrected.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Language is a wonderful chaos. You're just on the leading edge of change! :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

One of the 'trivia' things on the display in our elevator was about how Websters had a listing for 5 years that wasn't actually a word, 'dord'. Like come on, now you can't even trust words in the dictionary?!