# Is "fortnight" common usage in Britain?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 3, 2011, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fortnight-common-usage-in-britain/577033 "2011-04-03T13:54:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fortnight-common-usage-in-britain/577033/121 "2011-04-11T08:11:18Z")

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Yeah. The very first word she says in [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_l5_bPsyYo) video (“well”) pegs her as a Scot.

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**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fortnight-common-usage-in-britain/577033/122 "2011-04-11T12:13:59Z")

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**SanVito**

[ol]  
[li]She sounds nothing like any Glaswegian I have met[/li][li]She does sound like many Northern Irish I have met[/li][li]I’d say that with so many immigrants from Northern Ireland they have influenced the local dialect in (parts of) Glasgow (like in Liverpool) so that one can think that it’s typical Glaswegian[/li][/ol]

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**Author:** ![BDoors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BDoors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BDoors)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fortnight-common-usage-in-britain/577033/123 "2011-04-11T12:26:27Z")

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Sorry **Floater** , another native speaker, and another vote for “most definitely Scottish”.

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**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fortnight-common-usage-in-britain/577033/124 "2011-04-11T12:53:53Z")

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> [@Floater](#):
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> **SanVito**
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> [ol]  
> [li]She sounds nothing like any Glaswegian I have met[/li]  
> [/ol]

She sounds like pretty much every well-educated Glaswegian I’ve ever met. And that number is in the hundreds.

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**Author:** ![Candyman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fortnight-common-usage-in-britain/577033/125 "2011-04-11T14:16:02Z")

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> [@Floater](#):
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> **SanVito**
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> [ol]  
> [li]She sounds nothing like any Glaswegian I have met[/li][li]She does sound like many Northern Irish I have met[/li][li]I’d say that with so many immigrants from Northern Ireland they have influenced the local dialect in (parts of) Glasgow (like in Liverpool) so that one can think that it’s typical Glaswegian[/li][/ol]

She sounds nothing like any Irish accent I’ve ever heard, and a lot like Scottish accents I have heard. I’m with Baron Greenback - I can’t see where you’re getting Northern Irish from there.

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