Google| Subject | Re: Even *MORE* Scandinavian linguistics; was: Republicanism still an offence in England? |
| From | Bagronk the Happy Orc |
| Date | 2002-05-18 00:51 (2002-05-18 00:51) |
| Message-ID | <id1beuk350f69lb8gkf3d2r1npfvtdifrq@4ax.com> |
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| Newsgroups | alt.fan.tolkien |
| Follows | Henriette Frans |
I found some words from Henriette Frans <ch.frans@chello.nl>in my phone cable...
Henriette FransNope. Not clear at all. Morning or afternoon?
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.
Another contradiction in this Babylonian-based out-dated system. "Fifteen thirty" is the same as "three thirty PM". Well, the day has 24 hours, so why not count them from 0 to 24? Has some logic in it. Unfortunately, it isn't possible with this other expression. You can't say "half sixteen" instead of "fifteen thirty". Weird.
-- Bagronk the Happy Orc Uruk Revolutionary Socialist Movement
2002-03-30-
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