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Eh, that is what your parent comment says. As a Swede I find the concept strange. I get a monthly salary, and of course it is paid monthly (almost universally

Eh, that is what your parent comment says. As a Swede I find the concept strange. I get a monthly salary, and of course it is paid monthly (almost universally sometime between day 20 and 25 of the month).

thaumasiotes 9y ago
> Eh, that is what your parent comment says. No, what my parent comment says is that getting paid twice a month is very rare in the US. ("Months aren't all the same, especially if you get paid weekly/biweekly, which seems universal here in the US.") My parent comment is mistaken.
- khedoros1 9y ago
  They're saying that being paid either weekly or biweekly (i.e. roughly 2 or 4 times a month) is nearly universal in the U.S, and that being paid monthly sounds less sensible, since months are of different lengths. ...Unless you're talking about the difference between biweekly and semimonthly?
  - thaumasiotes 9y ago
    Considering the explicit distinction drawn between getting paid on a week basis, where "months aren't all the same", and getting paid on a month basis, where they are, of course that's what I'm talking about. If you get paid twice a month, your income is the same every month.
    - khedoros1 9y ago
      While they're technically different, they're "close enough for government work", and I don't know anyone who would make the distinction in casual conversation. IMO, there's no "of course" about it; a comparable situation would be interpreting "literally", "begs the question", "ironic", and such using their dictionary definitions, when it seems clear that the writing has a more colloquial tone.
      - thaumasiotes 9y ago
        In response to the comment "when you're paid biweekly, not all months are the same", then yes, it is blindingly obvious that the current context draws a distinction between being paid biweekly, such that not all months are the same, and being paid semimonthly, such that all months are in fact the same.
        khedoros1 9y ago
        You're reading the comment differently than I am. That's all I can say.

thaumasiotes 9y ago

> Eh, that is what your parent comment says. No, what my parent comment says is that getting paid twice a month is very rare in the US. ("Months aren't all the same, especially if you get paid weekly/biweekly, which seems universal here in the US.") My parent comment is mistaken.

khedoros1 9y ago
They're saying that being paid either weekly or biweekly (i.e. roughly 2 or 4 times a month) is nearly universal in the U.S, and that being paid monthly sounds less sensible, since months are of different lengths. ...Unless you're talking about the difference between biweekly and semimonthly?
- thaumasiotes 9y ago
  Considering the explicit distinction drawn between getting paid on a week basis, where "months aren't all the same", and getting paid on a month basis, where they are, of course that's what I'm talking about. If you get paid twice a month, your income is the same every month.
  - khedoros1 9y ago
    While they're technically different, they're "close enough for government work", and I don't know anyone who would make the distinction in casual conversation. IMO, there's no "of course" about it; a comparable situation would be interpreting "literally", "begs the question", "ironic", and such using their dictionary definitions, when it seems clear that the writing has a more colloquial tone.
    - thaumasiotes 9y ago
      In response to the comment "when you're paid biweekly, not all months are the same", then yes, it is blindingly obvious that the current context draws a distinction between being paid biweekly, such that not all months are the same, and being paid semimonthly, such that all months are in fact the same.
      - khedoros1 9y ago
        You're reading the comment differently than I am. That's all I can say.