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From: dasher@netcom.com (Anton Sherwood)
Subject: Re: comptage par 20
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Date: Sat, 11 May 1996 19:57:56 GMT
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Jacques Petit <Jacques.Petit@reseau.galeode.fr> says:
: . . . l'allemand "halb drei, halb vier, halb fnf usw."
: halb drei = demi de trois = 2 (heures) et 1/2
: halb vier = demi de quatre = 3 (heures) et 1/2

In England, "half seven" means 7h30.  When I first heard this, I was
with a party of educated Americans who were confused by the German rule ...
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I wasn't always anarcho-capitalist, you know.	--   Ubi scriptum?
