Why does bi-weekly mean "every two weeks?" This has always bothered me because intuitively it should mean "twice a week."
Why does bi-weekly mean "every two weeks?" This has always bothered me because intuitively it should mean "twice a week."
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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this is TIL, for me. "fortnightly" almost always solves it.
I always think the rule was "bi-" for "two" like bicycles VS semicycles.
dictionary people say it is up to the sayer to avoid confusion.
Doesn't a fortnight mean 10 days or something, though?
10 days = tenday 14 nights = fourt'night = fortnight
I always thought it was 14 days... so pretty much 2 weeks.
Then again, I don't go checking dictionaries as a hobby.
you might be correct in a way
I go checking dictionaries, and TIL it's a shortening of the olde English version of fourteen night"!