Re: The English/French counting system (WAS: number systems from conlangs)

David Barrow wrote:


> John Cowan wrote:
>
> >Joe scripsit:
> >Americans don't say "half eight", ever; it's "half past eight".
> >
> don't Americans  say 'after' rather than 'past'
>
To my mind, half after.... belongs to my grandparents' generations
(1870s-1960s).  Perhaps still regionally-- e.g. Southerners tend to preserve
such things.