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Loki:



--- Quote from: pwhodges on 04 Jul 2014, 14:57 ---"Half midnight" presumably means 2330 for you, though it means 0030 for me.

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*blinks* Waitwhat. That's a weird way to put a time.
(I ended up not getting the bus and walking home at 1. It was okay, though, since a few other people had to walk into the same direction).

pwhodges:
"Half <hour>" is short for "half past <hour>" in English usage.  Knowing that it's the other way around for you is something I was taught in German lessons at school.

Masterpiece:
Paul ninja'd me

Loki:
But... you'd also say "half a pound" to express "226 grams", right?

pwhodges:
But then by that logic "half twelve" would be six, right?  It's idiom; IOW it is what it is.

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