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bklaasen
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Ask HN: How to deal with multiple working language...
No more "every fortnight in future". Instead, it's "biweekly going forward".
I do miss the 'old' terms.
woodson
on Nov 27, 2022
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Even in a US-only work environment I sometimes use fortnight to avoid the awkward ambiguity of “bi-/semi-weekly”.
toast0
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"Every other week" or "twice a week" is much more understood, even if it's a bit wordier. Fortnightly is nice if fortnight were a real word, not some made up british thing.
comprev
on Nov 27, 2022
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I found my frequent use of double negatives to be problematic and had to train myself to say "I'm good" instead of "Not bad".
solardev
on Nov 28, 2022
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What's a fortnight?
comprev
on Nov 28, 2022
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Two weeks
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortnight
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I do miss the 'old' terms.