On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 17:39:40 -0500, Trinity Day
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> A fortnight is two weeks (Fourteen'nights) while a sennight (seven'nights)
> is a week.  The latter has pretty much fallen completely out of use while
> "fortnight" is only really used in certain regions anymore.
> 
> Meg

Thanks a lot, Meg! I recently read Pride and Prejudice, and that word
showed up a lot ;-)

Iara - izinha82


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