Re: The English/French counting system (WAS: number systems from conlangs)
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, September 15, 2003, 22:06 |
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On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 04:32:13PM -0500, David Barrow wrote:
> don't Americans say 'after' rather than 'past'
Not with "half", probably because the double [&f] in
"half after" is considered awkward. With "quarter", it's
my experience that "past" is more likely but "after" is also
heard, and with exact minute counts I'd say the two prepositiions
are equally likely.
-Mark