The Irish like to say "half one" meaning "half past one". In my native timekeeping parlance "half een" means 12h30. Germanic/Dutch origin. So whenever I talk t

The Irish like to say "half one" meaning "half past one". In my native timekeeping parlance "half een" means 12h30. Germanic/Dutch origin. So whenever I talk time with the locals here I repeat the time back in numerical style to avoid confusion. "The shop opens tomorrow at half ten". "Thanks, store opens at nine thirty. See you then." "No..."