In a recent note, Chris Mason said: > Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:05:15 +0100 > > Regarding your difficulty with the lady. There are European languages - of a > generally Teutonic persuasion I believe - where the speakers are so keen to > see time pass that they anticipate the approaching hour by starting at the > half-way point. Thus, when literally translated, "half eight" means 7.30. > Even more so in Russian, where 7:15 is "a quarter of the eighth", and 7:45 is "without a quarter of the eighth". Perhaps R.S. can enlighten us about other Slavic languages.
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