The House of Olivier EU@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoWhich word do you dislike most?message-squaremessage-square97fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down14
arrow-up136arrow-down1message-squareWhich word do you dislike most?The House of Olivier EU@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square97fedilink
minus-squareidunnololz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·edit-21 day agobiweekly, bimonthly, etc. Wtf does it mean? Twice a week? Every two weeks? Who knows. What’s the point of this word when it’s so ambiguous.
minus-squarermuk@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 day agoIn the UK we have the word “fortnight” for two weeks, which helps. I also found out very recently that “biannual” mean twice a year and “biennial” means every other year so, yeah, fuck knows.
biweekly, bimonthly, etc.
Wtf does it mean? Twice a week? Every two weeks? Who knows. What’s the point of this word when it’s so ambiguous.
In the UK we have the word “fortnight” for two weeks, which helps. I also found out very recently that “biannual” mean twice a year and “biennial” means every other year so, yeah, fuck knows.