Google| Subject | Re: Republicanism still an offence in England? (wasRe: Queen mother |
| From | Bagronk the Happy Orc |
| Date | 2002-05-16 01:01 (2002-05-16 01:01) |
| Message-ID | <6op5eu4pdul99h7c0abosc20djuitdae8m@4ax.com> |
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| Newsgroups | alt.fan.tolkien |
| Follows | Henriette Frans |
| Followups | Henriette Frans (19h & 49m) > Bagronk the Happy Orc |
I found some words from Henriette Frans <ch.frans@chello.nl>in my phone cable...
Henriette FransThere is even an old expression in Germany, though rarely used now, to name 12:15 "three quarters one". That, of course, causes even more confusion.
Thanks for the "addendum". It's more logical that way, isn't it? So then it's just the Dutch and the Germans with this strange habit. Do you (Swedes) also say twelve thirty or half past twelve(12.30 hrs) or like the Dutch and the Germans: half one?
This may be an explanation why many people mention the "German timeliness". The German says "half one", means 12:30, arrives then and waits. The other one understands "half one" as 13:30, arrives on time and can't understand why the German is so angry ;-)
-- Bagronk the Happy Uruk Revolutionary Socialist Movement
2002-03-30-
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