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Re:What This Country Needs is an 18¢ Piece [pdf] by Symbiote on Saturday December 16, 2023 @01:48PM (#38666691)
This is varies by language. In several languages including English, "half six" is an abbreviation of "half [[an hour] past] six". In others, it's "half [[an hour] to] six".
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Re:What This Country Needs is an 18¢ Piece [pdf] by Zach_the_Lizard on Saturday December 16, 2023 @03:59PM (#38667617)
To this American, "half six" sounds like a roundabout way to describe the number three and not a way to says it's 6:30 (or 5:30 for that matter).

I've never heard anyone say that

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