Re: those irregular prepositions

Hi!

Mark J. Reed writes:
>...
> What gets me is British timetelling.  "Half ten" is short for "half
> *past* ten", i.e. 10:30.  But I never encountered that phrasing in
> English until I met a Brit, which was later in life, after I'd already
> studied German.  So it sounds to me like it should mean 9:30 instead.
Did you learn the Southern German times for quarters, too?  I am
always totally confused by them, especiall 'Viertel Drei' ('quarter
three'), which is 2:15.

**Henrik

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