Poll
Question:
What does bimonthly mean (no looking it up)
Option 1: Once every two months
Option 2: Twice a month
No looking it up!
Unfortuneatly both - need to add nother radio button. Why you asking
Yep, I'm with the noble Lord Birkenhead. It means either. English ... not confusing at all! :)
I've voted.
But I agree with the others, that bi<timeperiod> has become thoroughly confused in meaning.
Depends on usage.
"I have to pay £100 bimonthly" - every two months
"You have to pay me £100 bimonthly" - twice a month.
Biennial plants are ones that grow one year, then flower the next and die. So I always see Bimonthly as every two months generally speaking.
Are biweekly and fortnightly the same?
All I know is that I can resist one news release of new figures but on the next one I bihelplessly
After 8 votes it was 4-4! (I only voted as the 9th to look)
QuoteBiennial plants are ones that grow one year, then flower the next and die. So I always see Bimonthly as every two months generally speaking.
True, but for that one we have the difference between biennial and biannual, whereas here there is only one bimonthly :-\
Although you could almost use fortnightly if it's at a regular interval ^#(^
QuoteAll I know is that I can resist one news release of new figures but on the next one I bihelplessly
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Oh well played Sir, well played.
so now 5-5. Appears nobody is actually sure!
We allowed to look er up now ??
It should be every other month, but agree that current usage means it can be read either way.
So you are working out how often to buy units for your two (should that be Bi) Prussian Napoleonic armies - either every two weeks or every two months.
So I have a question - In the Napoleonic period the Prussians had two distinctive uniforms. Does this mean they were Bi uniform over the period? Or they changed their uniform Bi periodly?
QuoteSo I have a question...
So... you're bi-curious?
;D
How do you vote if you think it can mean either?
It seems to be something like the uncertain principle, pick one and make it so.