survey - and the word "fortnight".
Jacques Hausser
jacques.hausser at unil.ch
Thu Feb 18 08:09:28 EST 2010
> On Feb 18, 2010, at 6:45 AM, Francis Nugent Dixon wrote:
>
>> Hi from Brittany,
>>
>> Mikey,
>>
>>> BTW, is "fortnight" still used in jolly old Mother England?
>>
>> Fortnight is still used in jolly Old Mother England,
>> and at least is pertinent (ie fourteen nights = 2 weeks).
>>
>> In France, they can't count proper like we do !
>>
>> Two weeks = 15 days (quinze jours)
>>
>> and
>>
>> One week = 8 days (huit jours)
>>
>> Now I know the Beatles sang "Eight days a week"
>>
>> but this is no excuse ....... :>)
Well, french speaking people are basically generous ! When I was a boy and sent to the farm to buy a dozen eggs, I always got 13 of them: "treize à la douzaine" is (or at least was) a quite current expression.
Jacques
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