Re: British v. American Vocabulary


18 Sep 1995 23:37:44 GMT

Julian Arnold (jools@arnod.demon.co.uk) wrote:
: This seems to be the right place to ask. 8)

: Is `fortnight' (meaning two weeks) a British-only word? I use it, and
: everyone else here uses it, but I've never heard it used by an American.

I use it. It's just not common in regular conversation.

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