The House of Olivier EU@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoWhich word do you dislike most?message-squaremessage-square112linkfedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down14
arrow-up142arrow-down1message-squareWhich word do you dislike most?The House of Olivier EU@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square112linkfedilink
minus-squareHugin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 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-squarebluejuh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 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”.
minus-squareHugin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoBlah got it backwards. Back to coffee for me.
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.