From: "Peter Neilson" <neilson@windstream.net>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: bi-monthly steps.
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 00:47:27 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <op.0heh9dpfrns8nc@odin> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87y2s5xwwn.fsf@alphaville.usersys.redhat.com>
On Thu, 12 Mar 2020 14:15:04 -0400, Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com> wrote:
> "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 :-)
Exactly true. "Bi-weekly" is nearly as ambiguous, but is rescued by an
ensuing discussion: "Which two days of the week did you want (the event)
to occur?" "Um, ah, I mean every two weeks." "Fine then, let's say that."
I think the original question from Christian Hopps presumes the meaning,
"Every two months."
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-03-13 4:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-03-12 11:17 bi-monthly steps Christian Hopps
2020-03-12 18:15 ` Nick Dokos
2020-03-12 22:55 ` Christian Hopps
2020-03-13 8:01 ` Michal Politowski
2020-03-13 12:14 ` Peter Neilson
2020-03-26 11:33 ` Christian Hopps
2020-03-27 1:12 ` Kyle Meyer
2020-03-27 8:26 ` Christian Hopps
2020-03-13 4:47 ` Peter Neilson [this message]
2020-03-13 6:59 ` Eric S Fraga
2020-03-13 7:14 ` Loris Bennett
2020-03-13 9:51 ` semimonthly steps [Re: bi-monthly steps.] Christian Hopps
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