It was really funny to see the "fortnight" period followed a few questions
later by a discussion of fees in US Dollars.

2010/2/16 François Chaplais <francois.chapl...@mines-paristech.fr>

>
> Le 16 févr. 2010 à 16:36, Mike Kerner a écrit :
>
> > Just a note - because I can google it if i really care, but what the hell
> -
> > oh sorry - what the bloody hell is a fortnight?
> >
> 2 weeks. When I learned this in my native France, it was assumed that
> "English" meant "UK English". I was introduced to the US idiom when I
> started reading comics.
>
> cheers
>         François
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