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hush
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since 2001-05-27
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0 posted 2002-12-24 01:56 AM


I was having this discussion with my boyfriend and some of his friends the other day, and none of us could think of a satisfactory answer.

To say someone does something every other week, you say bi-weekly. Every other month, bi-monthly.

What about twice, three times a week? Twice a month? Is there a prefix for these? The closest we got was semi-annual, meaning more than once in a year.

Just curious.

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Christopher
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1 posted 2002-12-24 02:15 AM


actually, semiannual would be twice a year.

i would think you could start going with the other prefixes:

triweekly

hexamonthly

decannual

Ron
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2 posted 2002-12-24 02:25 AM


Boy, are you going to be surprised.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=bi-weekly

Sudhir Iyer
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3 posted 2002-12-24 04:02 AM


so if I eat food twice a day... say lunch and dinner, that would be semidaily...

wonderful...

and then 4 times a day quld be quarterdaily?



and every other day becomes bi-daily

Not A Poet
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4 posted 2002-12-24 05:08 PM


Isn't English wonderful? Or is that wondrous?

Pete

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Brad
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5 posted 2002-12-24 10:51 PM


Pete,

Both.

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