Re: Counting in Toono

Carlos Thompson wrote:
> Or even "fem i half nio" (five to half nine) as Swedish speakers use for
> 8:25.
Fascinating.  I sometimes use things like that, "quarter till lunch" or
whatever.

> My own (incounsious) use
> is to say "un cuarto para las nueve" when looking an analog(sp?) watch and
> "ocho (y) cuarenta y cinco" when reading a digital one.
I do that, too.  Probly because with an analog watch, 8:45 is visibly
one-fourth of an hour before nine, or three-quarters of the way to nine,
or other ways, while digital watches *say* 8:45.

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