Re: Regional Dance Practice - Sunday 3/7

[Jim Trigg <jtrigg@hoflink.com>]

Poster: Jim Trigg <jtrigg@hoflink.com>

On Thu, 4 Mar 1999 SCAVard@aol.com wrote:

> Yes, it's time once again for our bi-monthly (see, I got it right this time!)

No, you didn't.  Bi- is every two.  Semi- is every half (or twice each).
Biennial (bi-annual) is every two years, semi-annual is twice a year.
Bi-monthly is every two months, semi-monthly is twice a month.  (A semi is
half a truck; the tractor is the other half.)

Blaise

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