Message Forum: Re: Fortnights in BE

Re: Fortnights in BE

Posted By: Brunnen-G, on host 203.96.111.201
Date: Tuesday, July 11, 2000, at 13:54:03
In Reply To: Fortnights in BE posted by Wolfspirit on Tuesday, July 11, 2000, at 10:06:05:

> > But FORTNIGHT??? "Fortnight" is not used in American English? Are you guys serious? What do you call half a month, then? Or don't you call it anything? I never even imagined this word wasn't standard English everywhere.
>
> Well, Furlongs per (Fortnight)^squared equals Measure of Acceleration in advanced gopher-tunnelling... C'mon, everyone knows THAT. Truly, Brunnen-G and I are shocked at the depths of ignorance being displayed here, guys.

Oh, *gopher*-tunnelling. You should have *said*. That explains everything, then. :-P