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Re:Bilingual speakers experience time differently, study finds by dEnigma on Friday May 05, 2017 @06:39PM (#14277323)
In some regions they even use "Viertel Neun" (Quarter nine) for 8:15; but "Viertel über Acht" (Quarter past eight) is also common.
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Re:Bilingual speakers experience time differently, study finds by vostok on Friday May 05, 2017 @06:46PM (#14277371)
This is the same in my language where one might say "quarter of the ninth". The idea is that [00:00,01:00) is the first hour so [08:00,09:00) is the ninth hour.
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Re:Bilingual speakers experience time differently, study finds by sk5t on Friday May 05, 2017 @09:57PM (#14278259)
Really? I've only heard "viertel neun" to mean 8:45.
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Re:Bilingual speakers experience time differently, study finds by dvdkhlng on Friday May 05, 2017 @11:35PM (#14278525)
Actually "viertel vor neun" means 8:45 (literall "quater before nine"), while "viertel neun" means 8:15.

Use seems to be different by region. I once met somebody from western germany who was late by half an hour as he was not familiar with the "viertel neun" semantics. He claimed that only eastern germans would use that term.

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Re:Bilingual speakers experience time differently, study finds by ido on Saturday May 06, 2017 @01:52AM (#14278920)
Viertel neun for 8:15 and drei viertel neun for 8:45 are commonly used in Austria.
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