[Wikimania-l] What to do about 2012, and the future

[Austin Hair]

On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 2:04 PM, Harel Cain <harel.cain at gmail.com> wrote:
> I would just like to correct myself and all those people who I misled into
> using the word "biannual". Thanks to Asaf Bartov to pointing out to me that
> the correct form is "biennial". According to most dictionaries, biannual
> does exist but means semi-annual (occurring twice a year). I don't think
> anyone out there thinks we need *biannual* Wikimanias then, just maybe
> biennial :)

Yes, those two are incredibly confusing, and even I sometimes have to
stop and remember which one's which.  In common speech I usually take
care to clarify up front, even if I use the term later.

Austin