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

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?

  • jadero@lemmy.ca
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    11 months ago

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

    • baconisaveg@lemmy.ca
      2·
      11 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?!