No... Ptolemy, I think was the name. Possibly.Wasn't really paying attention
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Sun 29 Jul 2007, 20:04,
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I was just going to say,bear in mind that the gay shift prolly won't even have a clue what the word "fortnight" actually means....
Ptolemy the man with the silent pea,
Sun 29 Jul 2007, 20:05,
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It is indeedvery much so (as I learned to my cost)
( Ptolemy the man with the silent pea,
Sun 29 Jul 2007, 20:07,
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But it's just 14 nights.A fortnight.
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LordManley twitter.com/LordManley,
Sun 29 Jul 2007, 20:07,
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I know *sighs*it makes complete sense to you and me, but not to a nation for whom "football" has to be renamed "soccer" to avoid confusion with games which involve actually handling a ball.
( Ptolemy the man with the silent pea,
Sun 29 Jul 2007, 20:10,
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Surely the word existed for all those early immigrants from these fair islesthat went over? I think they do know but are just being silly.
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Jay,
Sun 29 Jul 2007, 20:13,
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meh"very rare" it says here - in my experience a considerable underestimate en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortnight
( Ptolemy the man with the silent pea,
Sun 29 Jul 2007, 20:16,
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and here it says they just plain forgot itwww.pbs.org/speak/ahead/change/ruining/
Madness. What do they say instead do you think? Perhaps they have no equally spaced bimonthly events at all.
(Madness. What do they say instead do you think? Perhaps they have no equally spaced bimonthly events at all.
Jay,
Sun 29 Jul 2007, 20:20,
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