no banana@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · edit-24 months agoSomething's rotten in Denmarklemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square176fedilinkarrow-up1690
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minus-squareAdrianTheFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-24 months agoI think it means half less than 5, or 4.5 Maybe you’d say “half until 5” in english
minus-squareMatch!!@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agofor no particular reason, in English, 5:30 can be said as “half past 5” but never “half until 6”. (but “five thirty” is still more common)
minus-squaretamal3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoQuarter-past the hour, and quarter-till, are still common. Though perhaps less common as we move towards digital clocks.
I think it means half less than 5, or 4.5
Maybe you’d say “half until 5” in english
for no particular reason, in English, 5:30 can be said as “half past 5” but never “half until 6”. (but “five thirty” is still more common)
Quarter-past the hour, and quarter-till, are still common. Though perhaps less common as we move towards digital clocks.