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Subject: Re: 'Half nine' is it - 8:30 or 9:30 ?
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John Dean wrote:
> McGrath wrote:
>> 'Half nine' is it - 8:30 or 9:30 ?
>
> In BrE half past nine.
One of the rare cases where the half is larger than the whole.
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