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When I used first used it in Europe, none of my colleagues from Germany or the UK has heard of it either. I changed it to once every two weeks to avoid confusio
by yitchelle 5y ago
When I used first used it in Europe, none of my colleagues from Germany or the UK has heard of it either. I changed it to once every two weeks to avoid confusion.
- Doctor_Fegg 5y agoThat seems odd. “Fortnight” is very common in British English.
- yitchelle 5y agoAs far as I can remember (many years ago), my UK colleagues were not natives, and have only moved there only just a short time before. That would explain it.
- giantandroids 5y agoThat does not sound right at all, its a very common a word in the UK. Fortnight derives from Old English "fēowertyne niht", meaning "fourteen nights" Are you sure that was not the case for non native speaking folks in living in the UK.
- yitchelle 5y agoI think you are correct. It was many years ago but I remembered that they mentioned to be that they have just moved to the UK.
- Semaphor 5y agoI guess those Germans never read English fantasy novels where it’s an extremely common word.