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?

  • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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    11 months ago

    We whinge and moan about the French language police, but a curator of a global English occasionally shows merit as an idea.

    If it can encourage people to learn adverbs other than ‘literally’ and stop munging words - “that above revert emails ask was fire” - then I’m all for it. The less a sentence looks like it was in a car crash, the better.

    • Syd@lemm.ee
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      11 months ago

      Gosh I said something rude, realized a second later you’re probably French.