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No Stupid Questions@lemmy.ca · 11 months ago

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

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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."

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No Stupid Questions@lemmy.ca · 11 months ago

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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11 months ago
I love this whole post. Do you have any more examples?

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