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Does it? "Half two" would certainly not be common in the US, but certainly folks are familiar with "quarter of 2" which would mean 1:45. If you told me it's "ha
by rconti 9y ago
Does it? "Half two" would certainly not be common in the US, but certainly folks are familiar with "quarter of 2" which would mean 1:45. If you told me it's "half two" I would assume it means 1:30, not 2:30, as a native (american) English speaker -- although I have taken a couple quarters of German in college so perhaps the German is sneaking in a little bit?
- wccrawford 9y agoAs a native (American) English speaker, "half two" is nonsense to me, but if I had to guess at a time the closest thing would be "half past two" (2:30), so I'd probably guess that first. I'd never heard anyone say "half until two" or "half to two" and they're both incredibly awkward. "quarter after", "half past", and "quarter til" are the ones we use.
- mattmanser 9y agoIs that an auto-correct typo or do you say "of"? It's "quarter to 2" in the UK. And "quarter past 2" means 02:15/14:15. It's also perfectly normal to just use "quarter to/past" without an hour, I might say "let's meet again at quarter past", referring to 12:15 if the time were 11:37.
- vidarh 9y agoAs a Norwegian I was also used to the German variation and it took me a long time to get used to the UK version, but yes, in the UK "half two" is unambiguously always half past two.