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Name: winnmom

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anyone? ↓

Name: Hiddy | Date: Jan 11th, 2007 6:00 AM

A fortnight is two weeks ↑

Name: winnmom | Date: Jan 11th, 2007 6:07 AM

thanks. ↑

Name: Meagan | Date: Jan 11th, 2007 6:59 AM

lol... You didn't know what a fortnight was?? ↑

Name: winnmom | Date: Jan 11th, 2007 7:03 AM

nope.....I guess we do not use that word here. ↑

Name: winnmom | Date: Jan 11th, 2007 7:03 AM

night night. ↑

Name: SaRaH | Date: Jan 11th, 2007 7:57 AM

lol yeh must be us aussies! ↑

Name: marija | Date: Jan 11th, 2007 8:49 AM

its an old english term....so im pretty sure the english have heard of it :-) ↑

Name: atomic snowflake | Date: Jan 11th, 2007 9:16 AM

Yes, it's an English term - it refers to the time period of two weeks. ↑

Name: lana_81 | Date: Jan 11th, 2007 10:58 AM

LOL!! ↑

Name: amy | Date: Jan 11th, 2007 11:14 AM

no us in the uk use it ! ↑

Name: SaRaH | Date: Jan 11th, 2007 11:56 AM

yeh! you copied us! lol ↑

Name: Layne | Date: Jan 11th, 2007 1:56 PM

I thought it was when my kids make forts in the livingroom and sleep over. hahahaha..... ↑

Name: Nicola | Date: Jan 11th, 2007 2:58 PM

we use it in uk! when i was little my nanna said it all the time and I used to think it was fork night and meant (dont laugh, my dad used to make me read science books) that there was going to be fork lightening! ↑