Nihilore comments on xkcd #3232: Countdown Standard

submitted 7 months ago by xkcdbot@lemmy.world [B] to c/xkcd@lemmy.world

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Anyone who is caught counting 'three ... two ... one ... zero ... GO!' will be punished with a lifetime of eating only ISO standard food samples.

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[–] Nihilore 7 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Fortnightly already exists as a term though, why would biweekly mean the same thing?

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[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 7 points 7 months ago

We can have more than one way of describing things. Sometimes there is subtle nuances between the words.

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[–] Ibuthyr@lemmy.wtf -2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

No one ever uses fortnightly though. I have a hard time even remembering what it means as it's never used.

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[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

Americans never use fortnight. I suspect this is because very few get to enjoy 2 weeks of uninterrupted vacation.

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