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'Half nine' is it - 8:30 or 9:30 ?

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McGrath

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Mar 24, 2010, 6:49:51 AM3/24/10
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'Half nine' is it - 8:30 or 9:30 ?

Loki Harfagr

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Mar 24, 2010, 3:04:31 PM3/24/10
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Wed, 24 Mar 2010 10:49:51 +0000, McGrath did cat :

> 'Half nine' is it - 8:30 or 9:30 ?

or 4.5 or 'ni' or even 'ne' ?-)
or just an ellipse for 'half past nine', have your choice :-)

John Dean

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Mar 31, 2010, 7:16:57 PM3/31/10
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McGrath wrote:
> 'Half nine' is it - 8:30 or 9:30 ?

In BrE half past nine.
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John Dean
Oxford


abc

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Apr 17, 2010, 8:07:11 AM4/17/10
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John Dean wrote:
> McGrath wrote:
>> 'Half nine' is it - 8:30 or 9:30 ?
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> In BrE half past nine.

One of the rare cases where the half is larger than the whole.

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