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> The best example of what happens when such a mechanism isn't in place is the "biweekly" and "irregardless" mess in english! What mess would that be, exactly?
by pervycreeper 12y ago
> The best example of what happens when such a mechanism isn't in place is the "biweekly" and "irregardless" mess in english!
What mess would that be, exactly? Those who care about English tend not to use terms like this. Conversely, correct French is replete with special cases and arbitrary deviations from consistent logic.
- dorfsmay 12y ago"biweekly" used to have a meaning, now it has two (which aren't compatible), making it unclear which one the speaker means.
- pervycreeper 12y agoThat's not much of a mess. I read "semiweekly" just as often. Also, word composition doesn't necessarily need to be associative ;) biweek/ly- once every two weeks bi/weekly- twice every week
- dorfsmay 12y agoSo when you see "biweekly" somewere, how do you interpret it?