Google| Subject | Re: Even *MORE* Scandinavian linguistics; was: Republicanism still an offence in England? |
| From | Henriette Frans |
| Date | 2002-05-17 23:05 (2002-05-17 23:05) |
| Message-ID | <3CE5705A.A769B946@chello.nl> |
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| Newsgroups | alt.fan.tolkien |
| Follows | Jeff George |
| Followups | Bagronk the Happy Orc (1h & 46m) |
Jeff George wrote:
Jeff GeorgeI sincerely apologise to all the native speakers of English who have replied to this post for accusing them of skipping this thread. Thank you all!
Henriette Frans wrote:Henriette FransJeff George
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........
Hey, 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. :)
Jeff: my friend said half four, meaning half past four, not three. There were other native speakers who recognized this. "Three thirty" sounds very clear in this digital century.
Henriette
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