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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Bi? #142513 04/27/05 07:18 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC I looked in onelook.com, and the first three dictionaries I checked all said that biweekly means both twice a week and every two weeks. Nimonthly has a similar dichotomy of meaning. So I checked the OED, which says that the confusion might be avoided by using the prefix semi. But nowhere do I get a clue as to why the double usage. Hey, it's English! Welcome aboard, Blondegirl. May we call you BG for short? TEd TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Bi? Blondegirl 04/27/05 03:16 PM Re: Bi? Sparteye 04/27/05 05:18 PM Re: Bi? Elizabeth Creith 04/27/05 07:13 PM Re: Bi? wsieber 04/28/05 04:36 AM Re: Bi? Sparteye 04/28/05 01:58 PM Re: Bi? Buffalo Shrdlu 04/28/05 02:02 PM Re: Bi? maverick 04/28/05 03:58 PM Re: on the dock Buffalo Shrdlu 04/28/05 04:11 PM Re: on the dock maverick 04/29/05 03:32 PM No googlewhack here... AnnaStrophic 04/29/05 03:38 PM Re: No googlewhack here... tsuwm 04/30/05 03:44 PM Re: Bi? TEd Remington 04/27/05 07:18 PM Re: Bi? inselpeter 04/27/05 08:19 PM Re: Bi? Saranita 04/27/05 09:24 PM There has to be a digitalis post TEd Remington 04/27/05 09:36 PM Re: Bi? inselpeter 04/27/05 09:54 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,361 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 674 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 21 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,557 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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