Paul Braun asked
" "Fortnight". Isn't that one of those weird, funny Brit words that we
'Murcans stopped using so we didn't sound so uppity? "
In regular use here (in New Zealand) especially in written usage, though
people are more likely to use " a couple-a weeks".
We also differ in the meaning given to the use of " momentarily" - as
illustrated by this exchange on an airliner travelling west across the northern
USA. "The plane will be landing at Chicago momentarily".
To which a couple of New Zealanders asked "will it be on the ground long
enough for us to get off?".
"Momentarily" in NZ usage means "for a very short duration".
In the USA it seems to mean "in a few moments' time". Quite different.
Brian Swale.
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