Google| Subject | Re: Even *MORE* Scandinavian linguistics; was: Republicanism still an offence in England? |
| From | Jeff George |
| Date | 2002-05-17 20:36 (2002-05-17 20:36) |
| Message-ID | <3CE54D8A.EF5286C8@DAMNSPAMmsn.com> |
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| Newsgroups | alt.fan.tolkien |
| Follows | Henriette Frans |
| Followups | Henriette Frans (2h & 28m) |
Henriette Frans wrote:
Henriette FransHey, hey, hey! I'm a native English speaker but am very interested in languages. In the U.S. I haven't heard anyone saying "half four" for "half past three". In fact, I don't even hear many people use "half past three" as it's longer than just saying "three thirty" even though it's the same number of syllables. :) --
Raven wrote:RavenHenriette Frans
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".
When 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........
Jeff George Soy El Diablo Gringo Supremo (Loco)
2002-03-30-
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