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i wonder how many kids have read old-timey literature, encountered the word "fortnight", and had a moment of severe cognitive dissonance until they realized it's spelled different

@typhlosion i wonder what the etymology of fortnight is anyway

@typhlosion @Kat by analogy, thirnight and fifnight should also be words
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@Felthry @Kat [writes down "fifnight" as meaning "a span of three (five-day) weeks" for her worldbuilding setting where a week is five days long]

@typhlosion @Kat sixnight probably shouldn't be, or at least it shouldn't mean sixteen nights. same for the later ones really

ninenight just sounds like you're saying goodnight
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