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

From:Tim May <butsuri@...>
Date:Tuesday, September 16, 2003, 20:18
John Cowan wrote at 2003-09-15 21:35:43 (-0400)
 > David Barrow scripsit:
 >
 > > >Americans don't say "half eight", ever; it's "half past eight".
 > > >
 > > don't Americans  say 'after' rather than 'past'
 >
 > 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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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
John Cowan <cowan@...>