Re: Time in various languages...

Seán O'Leathlóbhair wrote:

> With regard to America, I have also learnt that "half ten" is not
> generally understood and I avoid it.

Do you mean you are looked at blankly, as if you had just uttered word
salad? Or do you find that the unfamiliar expression was interpreted as
9:30?
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Peter T. Daniels grammatim@xxxxxxx
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