Google| Subject | Re: Even *MORE* Scandinavian linguistics; was: Republicanism still an offence in England? |
| From | Henriette Frans |
| Date | 2002-05-17 11:11 (2002-05-17 11:11) |
| Message-ID | <3CE4C92B.773A6EEB@chello.nl> |
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| Newsgroups | alt.fan.tolkien |
| Follows | Raven |
| Followups | Speaking Clock (3h & 23m) chris cunningham (5h & 4m) > Henriette Frans Jeff George (9h & 24m) > Henriette Frans |
Raven wrote:
RavenWhen the native speakers of English see the subject title of this thread, they immediately skip it, or so it seems, so here we must remain guessing. Actually I vaguely remember my American friend once saying half four. Later I understood she was actually leaving out the PAST in between the words..........so our halv five........
But in Scandinavia we also say "halv fire" for "half past three". I don't know if my memory is faulty, or it *is* possible to say "half four" in English as "half past three".
Henriette
chris cunningham (5h & 4m) > Henriette Frans
Jeff George (9h & 24m) > Henriette Frans
2002-03-30-
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