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

[Fritzo]

I've never heard that term used anywhere in North America.

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.

Oh yeah? Well you guys call it WASHING UP LIQUID, and we just say Dish soap. You say AGRICULTURAL SHOW, we say Fair. You say ARTICULATED LORRY, we say trailer truck. You say GREASPROOF PAPER, we say wax paper. Some people in the UK call it LEMONADE, we call it Sprite or 7UP. NO OVERTAKING means no passing in the US.

That's all that come to mind right now...who's more efficient now Mr UK guy???

 

[Cristatus]

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...

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

Hehe. My favorite is quasi...I mean, what the eff? It's semi, not quasi!

(C)

 

[theprodigalrebel]

Somewhat common here. I hear it on fortnightly basis.

 

[Parasitic]

Originally posted by: Cristatus

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...

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

Hehe. My favorite is quasi...I mean, what the eff? It's semi, not quasi!

(C)

quasi- and semi- prefixes aren't really the same. Quasi is more along the line of "appearing to be" and semi is "half of"; the proper interchangable prefix for quasi is "pseudo-"

i.e.
"Semiphere" not "quaisphere"
"Psuedo-steady state" or "quasi-steady state" not "semi-steady state"

 

[theprodigalrebel]

Highly Technical - Intellectuals
P&N - Quasi-intellectuals
OT - Semi-intellectuals

Something like that?

 

[TastesLikeChicken]

Originally posted by: theprodigalrebel
Highly Technical - Intellectuals
P&N - Quasi-intellectuals
OT - Semi-intellectuals

Something like that?

Love and Relationships - Bi-intellectuals?

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: Fritzo
I've never heard that term used anywhere in North America.

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.

You say ARTICULATED LORRY, we say trailer truck.

D

WTF mate

IIRC the Poms say 'articulated lorry'.

We say 'road train' and that's because at 150 tonnes, we really do have road trains

What do your trucks max out at? 50 tonnes?

 

[Q]

I'm a Yank and I've heard the word, and knew it was some duration of time but didn't know/care how long.

 

[JujuFish]

Originally posted by: dug777
If we've got one word that works, why make up another, and a hyphenated word to boot :shudder;

Fortnightly is more awkward to say than biweekly, requiring a glottal stop. Also, "biweekly" isn't hyphenated.

 

[imported_Imp]

And this whole time I thought a fortnight was 10 days... I'll go back to my hole now.

 

[Skunkwourk]

someone use fortnight in a letter of resignation and let us know it goes...

 

[imported_yovonbishop]

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...

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

With the exception of when I read the word out loud when it was a question on millionaire, I don't think I've ever said "fortnight" or "fortnightly". It sounds too medieval for me.

 

[eldorado99]

Wolla bolla longa wonga that's a proper name for a 2 week period eh Dug?

 

[irishScott]

I thought a fortnight was 11 days.

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: irishScott
I thought a fortnight was 11 days.

fourteen nights --> fortnight

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: dug777
I'm guess it's just not in common usage in NA English?

yes, along with many other words.

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: dug777
Like the rest of the world, I lump Canadians in with Yanks, btw.

:|

 

[LtPage1]

I know what it means, but I've never heard anyone actually use it out loud.