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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
I have decided to sneak exercise in my life. I'm going to try using the stairs going down at work from now on.
Problem is, I've assiduously avoided exercise for the past three or so years. Those ten flights of stairs feel perfectly effortless while I do them, but they make my legs wobbly when I'm done.
I made it to karate and had a good work out. Also got to squick a few people by sharing last night's adventure. We are headed off to talk with his pediatrician in a bit.
I went to tweet the article and the news that there's still no news, and twitter is over capacity. I blame us. I'm going to use the hashtag #throwawaychevy on the premise that it's slightly but not offensively negative sounding, and it's easier to spell than disposable.
Okay, this troubles me:
bi·month·ly/bīˈmənTHlē/
Adjective: Occurring or produced twice a month or every two months.
Adverb: Twice a month or every two months.
Why does it mean both? That's stupid.
How did you find that, Ginger?
I couldn't find it by normal means, so I went to their Facebook page and found the link. The site is impossible.
Every other month should be "semi-monthly", shouldn't it?
Twice a month should be semi-monthly. Every two months should be bimonthly.
I have only understood it to mean every two months. It's very confusing if it means both.
Or, what -t said!
Why does it mean both?
As I understand it, it's for the same reason we have flammable and inflammable. Its original meaning was "every two months," but people kept using it as meaning twice a month, and the powers that be gave up.
Signed,
My twice-weekly college newspaper was semiweekly, not biweekly