Date:  Fri, 3 Dec 1993 05:00:40 -0600

From:  Tim Frazer <mftcf[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UXA.ECN.BGU.EDU>

Subject: Re: (Fwd) Re: half past



All humor aside this time. My wife and I represent different parts of

U.S. (n. Florida and n Illinois, respectively). We are both familiar with

half past seven, but would be morelikely to say seven-thirty. Half-past

seems slightly bookish and less normal to me; her feelings are somewhat

the same though more qualified.