Why does bi-weekly mean "every two weeks?" This has always bothered me because intuitively it should mean "twice a week."
Why does bi-weekly mean "every two weeks?" This has always bothered me because intuitively it should mean "twice a week."
Similar case in point: "bimonthly" means "twice a month." That makes sense.
But the definition for "bi-weekly" does not make sense.
What do you think?
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we have bi like in binary(yes, no/ one week yes other no) and bi in like bisexual(atraction to 2 genders/ twice a week) i think the problem is more deep than the week
I'm bisexual, I've had sex twice.
And will never again
yeah, i think we have generally developed to distinct uses for the root word "bi" like, bisect means to cut in two. that's where my head goes when i hear bi-weekly. a bisected week. to be honest, outside of describing periods of time and bi sexuals i can't think of other times that "bi" means double an amount and not a split amount.
You mean like bicycle? where they cut bikes in half
i didn't say there weren't any or that I'm very smart 😅 I've thought of a few others since then too.