Mina on Nostr: Dear native speakers of #English, please help me to settle a question: If you hear ...
Dear native speakers of #English, please help me to settle a question:
If you hear "half six" as a time descriptor, do you understand it, and does it mean 6:30 or 5:30?
I know, in the South East of England it's a common way of stating the time, and it means 6:30.
But elsewhere?
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