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https://www.news.com.au/travel/trav...h/news-story/75dddbb2ed94158daa73d6b036dcf359
A Canadian TikToker was left in shock after discovering the word ‘fortnight’ in an Australian calendar, while Aussies were surprised it wasn’t a universal word.
Josiah Hein, who is continually amazed by the differences between his home country and Australia, posted a video showing his latest discovery.

“Here in Australia, look at this – there are 60 minutes in an hour, 24 hours in a day, seven days in a week,” Mr Hein said as he pointed to a board of time measurements.

When he gets to the word ‘fortnight’ however, he appears to be stumped by it.

“But look, they’ve got something called a fortnight here. Fourteen days in a fortnight. Have you heard this word before?” he asks.
 
The word fortnight used as a measure of time came from the Old English term fēowertīene niht which means ‘fourteen nights’.

This was used by the Anglo-Saxons as a way to measure the time between a full moon and a new moon. It used to be common in North America but was later phased out in the 1880s.
 
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