Re: OT: Time (Was: Clockwise without clocks)

Henrik Theiling wrote:

>Hi!
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>Joe <joe@...> writes:
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>>Also, Estonian (my current obsession) has an even more interesting
>>system.  In Estonian, 'quarter past nine' by 'veerand kümme' - literally
>>'a quarter of ten'.  Similarly, 'pool kümme'(half of ten) and
>>'kolmveerand kümme' (three quarters of ten) are 'half past nine' and
>>'quarter to ten', respectively.
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>Ah, funny. :-)  That's the same in most southern German dialects:
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>   viertel zehn     = 9:15
>   halb zehn        = 9:30
>   dreiviertel zehn = 9:45
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>Of these, only 'halb zehn' is considered Standard High German.
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Ah, hadn't heard of that, except for 'halb zehn', obviously.