[time-nuts] time-nuts Digest, Vol 61, Issue 77

[Mike S]

At 02:28 AM 8/20/2009, paul at greenrover.demon.co.uk wrote...
>Dave Ackrill wrote:
>
>>See http://www.uk-rec-sheds.org.uk
>>Where was born the international standard unit of time - the 
>>fortnight...
>
>Not everything can be attributed to the "modern" computer world.

Indeed. According to the OED, "fortnight" comes from Old English, and 
started out as "fourteen nights."

At least this unit is time related.