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belchingmatt
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The gf and I are disagreeing on what time it is. To me Half Two means 14:30, and to her 13:30.
How about you?
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If one is diving so close to the limits that +/- 1% will make a difference then the error has already been made.
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Linux_User
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13:30 is half one, which is short for "half past one". 
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brataccas
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how could anyone possibly think half 2 is 13:30, absaloutly unbelivable and certainly not normal  _________________
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Fogmeister
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I know in some European countries they say the time is "half an hour to two" (or whatever).
But in English, half two is either 14:30 or 02:30.
No confusion.
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TheFrenchun
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you gf is stupid :p
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belchingmatt
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A look around wiki shows quite a few europeans and german/american get confused with out way of doing it. As the gf is one of these 'europeans' it would explain a lot. 
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If one is diving so close to the limits that +/- 1% will make a difference then the error has already been made.
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big_D
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Here in Germany, it is "half way to two". Confused me, when I first came over from the UK. I kept turning up late to appointments!
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Geiseric
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ProfessorF
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Yup, the Dutch do the same thing. It took me a while to get it right too.
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cloaked_wolf
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Half two is the same as two thirty, both of which mean half-past-two.
Slap her!
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lacloss
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John_Vella
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The missing "r" in the word "your" means that you fail.  :etc: _________________John Vella BSc (Hons), PGCE - Still the official forum prankster and crude remarker Sorry  I'll behave now. Promise 
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brataccas
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she's french so therefore excused  _________________
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TheFrenchun
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or maybe i meant you, gf is stupid the thread is pretty special, the person askign the question in the first place was too 
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Impactweapon
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here in Sweden its 13:30 as well
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