"bimonthly is every other month, not twice a month"

[lauralh]

OMG, how awesome.

Idle thought of the day: I wonder how much my new younger-man-kick is based on the fact that I did not date much in college. Or do much of anything interesting, really - I think I can count the number of boys I kissed during those four years on one hand. Well, maybe two.

Someone sent me (well, casa.leeds@mydomain) this.

Hi Vic and Matt!!
Hope you're both well and work isn't too hectic! My boss has just sent
us all an E Mail saying that we need to start requesting our summer
holiday dates to avoid disappointment so I have been looking for villas
to get the ball rolling. Only thing is, I don't really know Ibiza very
well so not sure what area I should be looking in - do we wanna be in San
Antonio area or Ibiza Town or anywhere else..... what do you reckon???
The Radio One weekend over there is 2nd - 4th August, are we aiming for
then or later on in August? I ahven't had chance to talk to Will
properly yet but I will do soon, and I'll ask Gareth tonight!

Let me know about the above! Cheers my dears.
Love beck x x x x

Comments

Well...

[terso.livejournal.com]

Main Entry: 1bi·month·ly
Pronunciation: (")bI-'m&n(t)th-lE
Function: adjective or an adverb
Date: 1846
1 : occurring every two months
2 : occurring twice a month (I guess you could say semimonthly...)

Re: Well...

[terso.livejournal.com]

Bi-usage Many people are puzzled about bimonthly and biweekly, which are often ambiguous because they are formed from both senses 1b and 2b of bi-. This ambiguity has been in existence for nearly a century and a half and cannot be eliminated by the dictionary. The chief difficulty is that many users of these words assume that others know exactly what they mean, and they do not bother to make their context clear. So if you need bimonthly or biweekly, you should leave some clues in your context to the sense of bi- you mean. And if you need the meaning "twice a", you can substitute semi- for bi-. Biannual and biennial are usually differentiated.

Re: Well...

[terso.livejournal.com]

The source was Merriam Webster not me...sorry i didnt' quote and note!

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=bi-

[herbaliser.livejournal.com]

er, thanks. :)