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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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[-] shasta@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

Yes it does not make sense English is a dumb language. See also: bicycle and bisection

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