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Originally Posted by emoorman
I always thought "half seven" meant half past seven. At least I hope that's correct as I read a lot of British mysteries. But, so far, it hasn't made any difference in my life, and I've been reading mysteries for 50 years.
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I read it differently... Whenever I see "half seven", I read 6:30. So, half past six. (it's the way it works in Dutch
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Originally Posted by emoorman
It's 0535 hours or 1735 hours, if you've spent any time in the military. Or, since I'm an engineer who still wears an "old time" digital watch, it may be 1737 or 5:37.
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Even though we do use the 24-hour clock here, during normal speech, we'll say "five over half six". For both 5:35 and 17:35. The context will make clear which of the two is meant. (five over half six tomorrow morning?)