'Half nine' is it - 8:30 or 9:30 ?

"McGrath"
24.03.2010 - 11:49

Loki Harfagr
24.03.2010 - 20:04

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 10:49:51 +0000, McGrath did cat :

'Half nine' is it - 8:30 or 9:30 ?

or 4.5 or 'ni' or even 'ne' ?-)
or just an ellipse for 'half past nine', have your choice :-)

"John Dean"
01.04.2010 - 01:16

McGrath wrote:
'Half nine' is it - 8:30 or 9:30 ?

In BrE half past nine.
--
John Dean
Oxford

abc
17.04.2010 - 14:07

John Dean wrote:
McGrath wrote:
'Half nine' is it - 8:30 or 9:30 ?

In BrE half past nine.

One of the rare cases where the half is larger than the whole.

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