Re: The English/French counting system (WAS: number systems from conlangs)
| From: | Tim May <butsuri@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, September 16, 2003, 20:18 |
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John Cowan wrote at 2003-09-15 21:35:43 (-0400)
> David Barrow scripsit:
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> > >Americans don't say "half eight", ever; it's "half past eight".
> > >
> > don't Americans say 'after' rather than 'past'
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> Quarter after, or quarter past; quarter till, or quarter of. But
> half past.
>
Is the form "quarter to" ever used? (In BrE, "quarter till" sounds
unidiomatic, and "quarter of" incomprehensible.)
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