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Old 07-11-2011, 02:26 AM   #23
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Originally Posted by Sweetpea View Post
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 )
German, too. But then some of them use forms like "quarter seven" (6:15) and three-quarters seven" (6:45), too. Confuses the heck out of some of their compatriots, too. Anyway, "20 to 5" and similar is very common.
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