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Re:Ghoti by jacobush on Saturday June 20, 2020 @08:27PM (#23588631)
Half eight in Swedish is 7:30 :-)
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Re:Ghoti by akiselev on Saturday June 20, 2020 @09:09PM (#23588837)
Same in Russian. I think it expands to "halfway to the eighth hour" and since 12:00-1:00 is the first hour, 7:00-8:00 is the eighth hour.
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Re:Ghoti by mangamadaiyan on Saturday June 20, 2020 @11:10PM (#23589431)
I think it's the same in German too. Halb sieben is 6:30.
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