I remember US sports commentators using it when speaking about
Wimbledon, presumably in an attempt to sound sophisticated.
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On Dec 5, 2008, at 10:23 PM, Wayne Harridge wrote:
>>
>> "Fortnight". Isn't that one of those weird, funny Brit words that we
>> 'Murcans stopped using so we didn't sound so uppity?
>>
>
> It's still in common use here, I think, never really thought about it
> before. Weird, now I'm trying to think of when I last heard
> somebody use it
> in conversation !
>
> ...Wayne
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