"I haven't had Cold Stone Creamery in a fortnight"
"It's been longer than that"
"Yeah, but I didn't know another medieval term"
"Why is it called a fortnight anyway?"
"I dunno, why don't you Google it?"
Merriam-Webster: Etymology: Middle English fourtenight, alteration of fourtene night, from Old English fēowertyne niht fourteen nights
Date: before 12th century
Wikipedia: word derives from the Old English feorwertyne niht, meaning "fourteen nights".[1][2]
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