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blackrockrose

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WORKWEEK common?
« on: February 10, 2022, 04:16:24 PM »
I'd like to query the 'common' status of workweek (in yesterday's WICKERWORK 7-by-many).

I suspect that it's a usage likely to be confined to North America. The UK and Australia might be more inclined to say 'working week'.
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Re: WORKWEEK common?
« Reply #1 on: February 10, 2022, 04:25:24 PM »
indeed.
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Re: WORKWEEK common?
« Reply #2 on: February 10, 2022, 05:27:20 PM »
I'd tend to agree, brr, but I'm more concerned that WICKERWORK is considered common...  :-P :-P :-P
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Re: WORKWEEK common?
« Reply #3 on: February 10, 2022, 06:22:22 PM »
WICKERWORK

I would like to suggest that women of my vintage and our mothers would have
had wickerwork baskets

Bring them back I say better than plastic  >:D >:D
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Re: WORKWEEK common?
« Reply #4 on: May 25, 2022, 02:44:58 PM »
I don't feel either workweek or wickerwork are uncommon enough to warrant changing to rare. It's true that workweek is more frequently used in the US than elsewhere, but I think it appears often enough in publications around the English-speaking world that most people would be aware of it.
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Re: WORKWEEK common?
« Reply #5 on: May 25, 2022, 05:05:55 PM »
Thank you for considering a demotion for workweek, Alan. At least it's now etched in my memory (I hope).  :-R
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