Posted by LadyPurple
on 31/1/2009, 10:17:42, in reply to "bi-annually"
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Hi Lale,
there are actually two different spellings - officially - although not everybody uses them:
biennially - every other year
biannually - twice a year
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biennially
Friederike
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: Did you guys know that bi-annually could mean "once
: every two years" (like bi-weekly) and it can also
: mean twice a year. Makes it very ambiguous, doesn't
: it?
:
: It reminds me the "two-door car" in Turkish.
: In Turkish, when you say a four-door car, it means a
: car with four doors. When you say a single-door car,
: it means a car with one door on each side of the car.
:
: But, if you say a two-door car, it can mean
:
: - a car with two doors in total
: or
: - a car with two doors on each side of the car, i.e. 4
: doors in total.
:
: Lale
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