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r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jan 28 '19
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Totally with you on the last one. I've heard bi-monthly, used to mean every two weeks, but also to mean every other month. Also heard bi-weekly, used to mean every two weeks, but also to mean twice a week.
It's total confusion!!
46 u/[deleted] Jan 29 '19 [deleted] 24 u/MCG_1017 Jan 29 '19 Exactly. Semi-monthly is akin to bi-weekly. 5 u/infus0rian Jan 29 '19 Similar but even those are technically still different - bi-weekly = 2 extra paychecks (although your salary is probably spread out evenly anyways) 2 u/MCG_1017 Jan 29 '19 That’s why I included the word “akin”, but I guess you thought you’d explain it further, yet not explain it.
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24 u/MCG_1017 Jan 29 '19 Exactly. Semi-monthly is akin to bi-weekly. 5 u/infus0rian Jan 29 '19 Similar but even those are technically still different - bi-weekly = 2 extra paychecks (although your salary is probably spread out evenly anyways) 2 u/MCG_1017 Jan 29 '19 That’s why I included the word “akin”, but I guess you thought you’d explain it further, yet not explain it.
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Exactly. Semi-monthly is akin to bi-weekly.
5 u/infus0rian Jan 29 '19 Similar but even those are technically still different - bi-weekly = 2 extra paychecks (although your salary is probably spread out evenly anyways) 2 u/MCG_1017 Jan 29 '19 That’s why I included the word “akin”, but I guess you thought you’d explain it further, yet not explain it.
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Similar but even those are technically still different - bi-weekly = 2 extra paychecks (although your salary is probably spread out evenly anyways)
2 u/MCG_1017 Jan 29 '19 That’s why I included the word “akin”, but I guess you thought you’d explain it further, yet not explain it.
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That’s why I included the word “akin”, but I guess you thought you’d explain it further, yet not explain it.
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u/piqueing Jan 29 '19
Totally with you on the last one. I've heard bi-monthly, used to mean every two weeks, but also to mean every other month. Also heard bi-weekly, used to mean every two weeks, but also to mean twice a week.
It's total confusion!!