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

Okay, it's past midnight UTC; I can chime in again. :)

JC = John Cowan
TM = Tim May

JC> Quarter after, or quarter past; quarter till, or quarter of.  But
JC> half past.
JC>

TM> Is the form "quarter to" ever used?  (In BrE, "quarter till" sounds
TM> unidiomatic, and "quarter of" incomprehensible.)

The phrase "quarter to" is in the same category as "quarter until"
in my experience - not idiomatic, although "to" is used with
numbers of minutes.

-Mark