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

On Mon, 15 Sep 2003, Mark J. Reed wrote:

> I never say and rarely hear "of"; it's always "'til" or "until".
> Which have an interesting distribution, actually; I have never, ever heard
> "quarter until" - it's alway shortened to "quarter 'til" - but I have
> often heard "five minutes until" and similar.
Note that 'till' and 'until' are two different but synonymous words.
'Till' is not a shortening of 'until': in fact, 'until' is a compound of
un- (meaning till) and till according to m-w.com.

(I ususally say 'till', rather than 'until'.)

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