On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 17:46:21 +0100 in [EMAIL PROTECTED] "M.S. Lucas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In Dutch it is '19 January, 2006' just like > 15:30 is `half four' and not 'half past three' That would really confuse people in the UK. "Half four" is verbal shorthand for half *past* four whereas the Dutch (and German IIRC) is more literally "half of four" (which isn't 2 either) meaning half *before* four. I think the US uses this idiom too, BICBW. -- Brian Morrison bdm at fenrir dot org dot uk GnuPG key ID DE32E5C5 - http://wwwkeys.uk.pgp.net/pgpnet/wwwkeys.html _______________________________________________ http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
