On Wed, 2010-10-20 at 14:59 -0500, Bruno Wolff III wrote: > On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 12:57:38 -0700, > Larry Cafiero <larry.cafiero@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > > The Fedora Project is gearing up for our bi-annual elections process, > > > > > > Sorry to jump in with the proverbial blue pencil, but if it's twice a year, > > or once every six months, it should be "semi-annual." Semi-annual means once > > every half-year, or twice a year. Bi-annual (more appropriately, biennial) > > means once every two years. > > I was going to make the same comment. It's an Americanism. In the US, one can say odd things like "bi-annual", "next week", "shelved", etc. etc. etc. that are ambiguous and weirdly construed by others :) I would say "semi-annual" is better globally. Jon. _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board
