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'Half nine' is it - 8:30 or 9:30 ?
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McGrath
2010-03-24 10:49:51 UTC
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'Half nine' is it - 8:30 or 9:30 ?
Loki Harfagr
2010-03-24 19:04:31 UTC
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Post by McGrath
'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
2010-03-31 23:16:57 UTC
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'Half nine' is it - 8:30 or 9:30 ?
In BrE half past nine.
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John Dean
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abc
2010-04-17 12:07:11 UTC
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Post by McGrath
'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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