I didn’t say it makes much sense. But it fits with how we talk about time in Norwegian and Danish both: When English speakers say half past five, we say half si

I didn’t say it makes much sense. But it fits with how we talk about time in Norwegian and Danish both: When English speakers say half past five, we say half six. Which is a half hour before six. In the same way, I suppose half three twenties (halvtres in Danish) is short for half a twenty short of three twenties. So yes, there’s logic to this madness.