From: utzoo!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!wsp Newsgroups: net.nlang Title: Re: words which mean their opposites Article-I.D.: dcdwest.157 Posted: Fri Jan 7 16:11:32 1983 Received: Sat Jan 8 07:10:29 1983 References: rabbit.1030 I'd love to flame on this one with all due righteousness but then again... semi-monthly means every half-month or two weeks bimonthly means only every two months But then errors made often enough become the standard. Peter Benson