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arrow-up1248arrow-down1external-linkSocial media erupts over Miami man who shot Israelis mistaken for Palestinianswww.middleeasteye.netPeter Link@lemmy.ml to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 天前message-square49fedilink cross-posted to: usa@lemmy.ml
minus-squarefallowseed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down3·edit-25 天前that means i’ve reached my biannual quota of hilarious comments-- and so soon into 2025, see you in 2027 lemmy! 👋 (me realizing biannual is twice a year… its too late)
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 天前Biannual is two years. Half a year is semiannual.
minus-squarebabypigeon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down2·5 天前It’s unfair that bimonthly and biweekly can mean either or, but biannual gets to be specific. I say we banish it to ambiguity like the others.
that means i’ve reached my biannual quota of hilarious comments-- and so soon into 2025, see you in 2027 lemmy! 👋 (me realizing biannual is twice a year… its too late)
Biannual is two years. Half a year is semiannual.
It’s unfair that bimonthly and biweekly can mean either or, but biannual gets to be specific. I say we banish it to ambiguity like the others.
No, those follow the same rule.
I could never keep those straight.