Russell McMahon wrote:

> [...] almost any word which is acceptable English is 'good to go' in
> almost any context. 

At least from the languages I know, this applies to all of them.

> So 'fortnight' could be used without raising an eyebrow in any context at
> all.

Maybe, maybe not...  I at least haven't seen it in a contract. Nor in a
formal text written in the last ten years. Which probably means that it
would raise a few eyebrows if it were used. At least among the ones who
read such stuff... :)

Gerhard

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