Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1993 17:09:31 -0800
From: Donald Livingston deljr[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]U.WASHINGTON.EDU
Subject: Re: Half Past the Hour
For those interested, the Russian version of 3:30 is 'polovina
chetvyortovo', literally "half of the fourth". And 12:30 is 'polovina
pervovo', literally "half of the first". In my teaching experience, most
American students of Russian must make a fairly serious mental effort to
learn this formulation, so I have been much surprised to hear of the
Scottish English equivalent noted by Hans Vappula.
All the best, Don.
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