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Re: Fortnight

#12187 12/07/00 09:11 PM

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fortnight - why not just say "two weeks"? (same number of key strokes, same number of sylLAbles)

Actually, when using one of these terms in conversation one would need to say "a fortnight" as opposed to "two weeks", which doesn't require an article, therefore making it one syllable shorter.

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