Biweekly

[AppleQueso]

Niode you could of worded that nicer.

[spiritplx]

Niode you could of worded that nicer.

Irregardless, his point still stands.

[optmusprimenumber]

In this country we usually just say fortnightly to avoid confusion. Biweekly never really made much sense to me.

yeah but you also call fries "chips," so who can trust you?

...and you call trunks boots... and why you gotta give the irish so much shit?

[noiseredux]

...and you call trunks boots... and why you gotta give the irish so much shit?

is Niode Irish?

[optmusprimenumber]

...and you call trunks boots... and why you gotta give the irish so much shit?

is Niode Irish?

i dunno

[fastbilly1]

You should not rely upon online dictionaries for the correct definition of a word. If a word - such as "biweekly" - is commonly misused, online dictionaries often include both the correct definition and the definition of the word as it is commonly misused. Online dictionaries also include defintions for terms that are not part of the English language, such as "inartful" and "irregardless".

One is lead to believe that an institute as well established as Merriam Websters or Microsoft's Encarta would not make a simple mistake such as that. I can understand dictionary.com and wikitionary as getting it wrong, since they are updated by users, but the other two are not.

Tell you what, I have a 1880-something dictionary at home. I will look it up in there and see what it says.

Regardless (or irregardless for Niode), words can have additional meanings associated with them as time goes on. It could have meant one years ago but now means both because of the way it is used in the common vernacular.

[Hobie-wan]

Tell you what, I have a 1880-something dictionary at home. I will look it up in there and see what it says.

Ooh good idea. Looking in the 1970 American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language that I have, it has this to say:


Notice the nonstandard on the secondaries.

[prfsnl_gmr]

Regardless (or irregardless for Niode), words can have additional meanings associated with them as time goes on. It could have meant one years ago but now means both because of the way it is used in the common vernacular.

I agree; however, I think that the non-standard definition of most terms originates in misuse. Consequently, in formal writing, I would not use a term in its non-standard sense, and I try to eliminate any non-standard usage from my vocabulary.

[Hatta]

So is a bisexual every other sexual, or twice a sexual?

[Luke]

So is a bisexual every other sexual, or twice a sexual?

Think we've already covered that joke.