| From: | David Barrow <davidab@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, September 15, 2003, 21:40 |
John Cowan wrote:>Joe scripsit: > > > >>Heh. You'd think the English usage would be more natural to an >>English-speaker. I get confused by the Germans saying halb acht. Better to >>arrive an hour ealy than an hour late ;-) >> >> > >Americans don't say "half eight", ever; it's "half past eight". >don't Americans say 'after' rather than 'past' David Barrow
| Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...> | The English/French counting system (WAS: number systems fromconlangs) |
| Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> | |
| Roger Mills <romilly@...> | |
| John Cowan <cowan@...> |