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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
by 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 agoConsidering 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 agoWhile 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 agoIn 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 agoYou're reading the comment differently than I am. That's all I can say.