[dba-Tech] Telling the time

[Jon Tydda]

In the UK (and I guess Ireland), half six is 6:30 (half PAST six), but in some places in Europe (can't remember exactly, but I think Germany and maybe France), it's 5:30 (half TO six).


Jon

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From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Joe O'Connell
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2015 1:39 AM
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Ah, the Irish.  I have never been able to figure out if half six is 30 minutes before six or 30 minutes after six!

Joe O'Connell

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From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Martin Reid
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 10:46 AM
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Arthur

Quarter to 7, half six, quarter past 5.

That's the right way to refer to time.

Then you have amounts, as in two thousand two hundred as opposed to 22 hundred


Martin






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From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller
Sent: 10 August 2015 15:42
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Subject: [dba-Tech] Telling the time

I know this is a little OT, but given the international nature of this group, I thought I'd pose my question here. Recently I spent a week with my three siblings at a cottage in North Ontario. My sister Susan has lived in Birmingham, OK, for the past 30 years. I noticed that she has retained the habit of referring to times "the old way", as in "a quarter of seven."
Virtually everyone I know here in Canada, when asked what time it is, replies in the digital way, as in "6:44". So I got to wondering whether my sister is an anomaly, or maybe it's a British thing, or a European thing.

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