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Originally Posted by djchapple
Over here we say "he lit a cigarette". Over there it's "he lighted a cigarette"
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I don't believe I've ever heard anyone say "lighted", tho' I've read it a few times. Written language is often different than spoken language.
When I was growing up in the 40's - 50's, I often heard time expressed as "half past six", but never "half until (to/’till) seven", but I have often heard “quarter past six” and “quarter to seven”. Since the digital revolution, it’s more often 6:15, or 6:30, or 6:45; but in the US Navy it was 0615 (1815), or 0630 (1830), or 0645 (1845); and I would sometimes have to get up at “Oh Dark Thirty”
Then there’s the whole AM-PM thing!