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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)
submitted 11 months ago by LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.ca
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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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[-] viking@infosec.pub 26 points 11 months ago

Bi-weekly means twice a week and every two weeks. Look it up in the dictionary of you choosing.

[-] ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

We should all agree it means twice a week. As we already have fortnightly to mean every two weeks.

[-] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

But what about fourthnightly

[-] SkyeHarith@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Clearly, once every 4 nights

[-] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 11 months ago

Nope. Just means 2 weeks.

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