[sf-lug] SF-LUG bimonthly meeting notice

Daniel Gimpelevich daniel at gimpelevich.san-francisco.ca.us
Mon May 30 22:34:32 PDT 2016


On Mon, 2016-05-30 at 22:29 -0700, Rick Moen wrote:
> I'm afraid biannual means every two years.

No, it does not:
http://grammarist.com/usage/biannual-biennial-and-semiannual/
"Biannual is an adjective which means occurring twice a year, the adverb
form is biannually. Biannual is derived from the prefix bi-, which means
two, twice, double, doubly, as it comes from the Latin bi-, meaning
twice, double, and annual comes from the Old French twelfth century
word, annuel, which derives from the Latin annus, year."





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