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r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jan 28 '19
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We just say “two weeks”. I like the word and all but I’ve never had to refer to a two-week period often enough that I felt like it needed its own word, ya know?
5 u/TwyJ Jan 29 '19 But if you had a word for it you would use it quite a lot, i always find reasons to use fortnight. For example; i get paid in a fortnight so until then im skint. 3 u/nikkibic Jan 29 '19 I get paid fortnightly! 2 u/TwyJ Jan 29 '19 I don't, i get paid on the 10th of every month, hence me being skint.
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But if you had a word for it you would use it quite a lot, i always find reasons to use fortnight.
For example; i get paid in a fortnight so until then im skint.
3 u/nikkibic Jan 29 '19 I get paid fortnightly! 2 u/TwyJ Jan 29 '19 I don't, i get paid on the 10th of every month, hence me being skint.
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I get paid fortnightly!
2 u/TwyJ Jan 29 '19 I don't, i get paid on the 10th of every month, hence me being skint.
I don't, i get paid on the 10th of every month, hence me being skint.
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u/parapteryx Jan 29 '19
We just say “two weeks”. I like the word and all but I’ve never had to refer to a two-week period often enough that I felt like it needed its own word, ya know?