From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michal Politowski Subject: Re: bi-monthly steps. Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 09:01:43 +0100 Message-ID: <20200313080143.GA17847@meep.pl> References: <87y2s5xwwn.fsf@alphaville.usersys.redhat.com> <4432555C-93F5-48F5-84CD-48C7DA9FEBE1@chopps.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:51425) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jCfGa-0002If-Go for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Mar 2020 04:02:03 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1jCfGX-0005FW-T0 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Mar 2020 04:01:58 -0400 Received: from mx1.icm.edu.pl ([213.135.59.49]:40208) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1jCfGX-0004yd-Lm for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Mar 2020 04:01:57 -0400 Received: from smtp.icm.edu.pl (mail.icm.edu.pl [213.135.59.43]) by mx1.icm.edu.pl (Postfix) with ESMTP for ; Fri, 13 Mar 2020 09:01:46 +0100 (CET) Received: from Amber.meep.pl (87-207-126-16.dynamic.chello.pl [87.207.126.16]) by smtp.icm.edu.pl (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C015C1FD35 for ; Fri, 13 Mar 2020 09:01:46 +0100 (CET) Received: from mike by Amber.meep.pl with local (Exim 4.93) (envelope-from ) id 1jCfGJ-0007Ul-2E for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Mar 2020 09:01:43 +0100 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4432555C-93F5-48F5-84CD-48C7DA9FEBE1@chopps.org> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sender: "Emacs-orgmode" To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Fortnightly :) Such a useful word. On Thu, 12 Mar 2020 18:55:16 -0400, Christian Hopps wrote: > could use semimonth then :) >=20 > > On Mar 12, 2020, at 2:15 PM, Nick Dokos wrote: > >=20 > > "Bi-monthly" is ambiguous: it can mean twice a month or it can mean > > once every two months and there is no convincing anybody that their > > use of it is wrong :-) > >=20 > > --=20 > > Nick > >=20 > > "There are only two hard problems in computer science: cache > > invalidation, naming things, and off-by-one errors." -Martin Fowler --=20 Micha=C5=82 Politowski Talking has been known to lead to communication if practiced carelessly.