Two weeks is a fortnight. A two week cycle is 'fortnightly'.

[dug777]

I keep seeing 'bi-weekly' on here, and it strikes me as odd when there's already a perfectly good word in the English language for two weeks...

I'm guess it's just not in common usage in NA English?

 

[coldmeat]

Nope. I would laugh at somebody if they used it.

I'm from Canada btw.

 

[middlehead]

+1 'known, just not common usage'

 

[her209]

I don't give a fortnight.

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: coldmeat
Nope. I would laugh at somebody if they used it.

I'm from Canada btw.

I laugh at you for making up a hodge-podge of words when a single word already exists.

I guess we're just smarter than j00 😉

Like the rest of the world, I lump Canadians in with Yanks, btw. 😉

 

[imported_Mike]

"Yanks" as you call us, all should be familiar with such terms. This is, of course, unless they forgot their 6th grade history lesson. 😉

President Ab and the Gett. Address.

 

[ultimatebob]

Australians seem to like that word for some reason. I've never heard any other nationality use it commonly, though.

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: dug777

Originally posted by: coldmeat
Nope. I would laugh at somebody if they used it.

I'm from Canada btw.

I laugh at you for making up a hodge-podge of words when a single word already exists.

I guess we're just smarter than j00 😉

Like the rest of the world, I lump Canadians in with Yanks, btw. 😉

I guess this is the part where you tell us, "Fosters... its Australian for beer."

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: her209

Originally posted by: dug777

Originally posted by: coldmeat
Nope. I would laugh at somebody if they used it.

I'm from Canada btw.

I laugh at you for making up a hodge-podge of words when a single word already exists.

I guess we're just smarter than j00 😉

Like the rest of the world, I lump Canadians in with Yanks, btw. 😉

I guess this is the part where you tell us, "Fosters... its Australian for beer."

:cries;

😉

As I understand it, Fosters sold overseas is actually far superior to the Fosters they sell here, which tastes like urine with aluminium shavings marinaded in it...

 

[TastesLikeChicken]

Its use is considered anachronistic here.

I mean, a score is also equal to twenty but nobody uses it except when quoting Abe Lincoln.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Dude, if you told a new hire that they were to be paid on a fortnightly pay cycle they'd probably look at you as though you had 10 heads.

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: TastesLikeChicken
Its use is considered anachronistic here.

That's a pity, because it's a perfectly useful and sensible word.

Replacing it with the clumsy and forced 'bi-weekly' is a dumbing-down of our wonderfully expressive language.

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: dug777

I keep seeing 'bi-weekly' on here, and it strikes me as odd when there's already a perfectly good word in the English language for two weeks...

We use bi-weekly instead of fortnightly, that's true, for something occurring every two weeks.

But even many of us use fortnight for "two weeks", without histrionics; there is no one word substitute that comes to mind in the English language.

However, my Aussie friend, as I have never tired of pointing out to my Brit friends, it's incredibly ignorant to call all Americans "Yank". 😉

 

[SlitheryDee]

Look, I'll make bi-weekly as cool as fortnight.

*********drumroll**************

biweekly

fortnight is just fourteen nights shortened, after all. Oooooh how cool.

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: dug777

I keep seeing 'bi-weekly' on here, and it strikes me as odd when there's already a perfectly good word in the English language for two weeks...

We use bi-weekly instead of fortnightly, that's true, for something occurring every two weeks.

But even many of us use fortnight for "two weeks", without histrionics; there is no one word substitute that comes to mind in the English language.

However, my Aussie friend, as I have never tired of pointing out to my Brit friends, it's incredibly ignorant to call all Americans "Yank". 😉

You are of course correct :thumbsup:

It's a bad habit of mine 😱

It's better than calling you all Seppos at least...

 

[FoBoT]

fortnight is not commonly used around here

 

[Shawn]

what a stupid word

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: SlitheryDee
Look, I'll make bi-weekly as cool as fortnight.

*********drumroll**************

biweekly

fortnight is just fourteen nights shortened, after all. Oooooh how cool.

Wow. You're my hero. Thanks for pointing out the globvious.

*********standing ovation**********

If we've got one word that works, why make up another, and a hyphenated word to boot :shudder;

I suppose it's easier to understand, if you're an idiot 😉

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: dug777
It's better than calling you all Seppos at least...

Convict. 😛

ZV

 

[summit]

14 days son.

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

Originally posted by: dug777
It's better than calling you all Seppos at least...

Convict. 😛

ZV

It's considered quite fashionable to have a true convict heritage here 🙂

 

[TastesLikeChicken]

Originally posted by: dug777

Originally posted by: TastesLikeChicken
Its use is considered anachronistic here.

That's a pity, because it's a perfectly useful and sensible word.

Replacing it with the clumsy and forced 'bi-weekly' is a dumbing-down of our wonderfully expressive language.

I imagine we USians use bi-weekly instead to avoid trying to sound Old World continental, which some feel carries connotations of pretentiousness.

 

[dug777]

I have to go see a bloke about a wallaby, so I'll continue this tea party at a later date :beer:

 

[PHiuR]

18th century just sent you a letter that takes two weeks to deliver. they want their word back.

 

[PimpJuice]

I would slap anybody that said that word to me