The House of Olivier EU to Ask [email protected]English • 10 days agoWhich word do you dislike most?message-square114fedilinkarrow-up144
arrow-up144message-squareWhich word do you dislike most?The House of Olivier EU to Ask [email protected]English • 10 days agomessage-square114fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•8 days agoTwice a time period. Semi for every two time periods. So every two weeks is semiweekely. However it gets misused so often you almost always have to check making it almost useless. Similar to failsafe vs redundant.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•8 days agoFrustratingly enough, it’s the other way around. Biweekly is every two weeks, semi weekly is two times a week. I remember it like this: bicycles are two circles, biweekly is two weeks semicircles are half a circle, semiweekly is half a week But yes, people use the words interchangeably so often that it’s faster just to avoid the problem altogether and just say “every two weeks”.
Twice a time period. Semi for every two time periods. So every two weeks is semiweekely. However it gets misused so often you almost always have to check making it almost useless.
Similar to failsafe vs redundant.
Frustratingly enough, it’s the other way around. Biweekly is every two weeks, semi weekly is two times a week.
I remember it like this:
But yes, people use the words interchangeably so often that it’s faster just to avoid the problem altogether and just say “every two weeks”.
Blah got it backwards. Back to coffee for me.