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I converse and email daily with British colleagues. My colleagues always state the time in 24 hour format. I've never noticed any special way of saying :15, :30, :45. At least we've never had any mixups over that. I just got back from a trip to England. I scheduled a taxi for 7:15pm, and the lady on the phone told me that I was booked for "nineteen fifteen". That's the way my colleagues talk too. When saying dates they usually will add "of". I've noticed that when typing dates in an email it is 50/50 whether or not they write "of". The other thing about dates is that they often quote weeks in terms of numbers. For example this week is Week 28. I always need to consult my planner (or diary as they would say) to interpret. What I find amusing is the number of words that are spelled the same but pronounced differently. One thing I can't figure out is why I'm frequently asked if I have a Canadian accent rather than American.
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