andybarton Posted November 26, 2009 Share #21 Posted November 26, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) It's a good job that multiple countries don't collaborate to build very complicated things like, say, double decker passenger airliners, isn't it? Oh, hang on... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted November 26, 2009 Posted November 26, 2009 Hi andybarton, Take a look here M9 time format. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Nicoleica Posted November 26, 2009 Share #22 Posted November 26, 2009 Now perhaps you understand why I get confused at times. :confused: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicoleica Posted November 26, 2009 Share #23 Posted November 26, 2009 It's a good job that multiple countries don't collaborate to build very complicated things like, say, double decker passenger airliners, isn't it? Oh, hang on... Didn't work too well with a recent Mars probe either! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted November 26, 2009 Share #24 Posted November 26, 2009 "Five past Half Four" is 3:35, in the Netherlands. AHA... as I said.... , better so than 2:05 (1/2 4... remember the french quatrevingtdixdeux=92 ?) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
microview Posted November 26, 2009 Share #25 Posted November 26, 2009 The only thing I dislike about the M9 is being told its is 'formating' a card:p. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJP Posted November 26, 2009 Share #26 Posted November 26, 2009 which also takes considerable amount of time:D Meanwhile it is 11 voor kwart voor half twaalf (22:04), even Roman numbers made more sense. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ho_co Posted November 28, 2009 Share #27 Posted November 28, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) I was in Seaworld in Florida, for my sins, a few years ago. You need to go to confession more often. An American visitor asked my what the time was, and I told him "25 to 2". He looked at me as if I'd just fallen out of a tree and insisted on looking at my watch to see for himself. Musta been your accent. Or maybe his accomplice was stealing your wallet. Interesting. I think most of us USAnians would understand "25 to 2." And we sure don't need any more bad raps tied to us. As Nicole said, we were able to ditch a Mars probe because somebody [not on this side of the Atlantic, I'd bet] didn't think to calculate velocities in miles instead of kilometers. You don't want to get our dander up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted November 28, 2009 Share #28 Posted November 28, 2009 Musta been your accent. That'll be it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicoleica Posted November 28, 2009 Share #29 Posted November 28, 2009 You don't want to get our dander up. Ut-Oh! Is that a cruise missile flying over Little Neston? :D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted November 28, 2009 Share #30 Posted November 28, 2009 Most from US would indeed understand 25 to 2, often curiously said 25 of 2. Especially as the hour approaches, it's probably more common to say 10 to 2 (or 10 of 2) than 1:50. But, if one were to use 24 hour time and say 13:50...now that would confuse most here, unless they were in the military. Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adan Posted November 28, 2009 Share #31 Posted November 28, 2009 Funny. This yank doesn't have any problem understanding even British - military - slang - time. As in "Oh-dark-thirty." Thread reminds me of the middle-aged refugee couple in "Casablanca" - who are proud of their improving English: Mr. Leuchtag: Liebchen - sweetnessheart, what watch? Mrs. Leuchtag: Ten watch. Mr. Leuchtag: Such watch? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ho_co Posted November 28, 2009 Share #32 Posted November 28, 2009 Mr. Leuchtag: Liebchen - sweetnessheart, what watch? Mrs. Leuchtag: Ten watch. Mr. Leuchtag: Such watch? Followed by the waiter's confused, "Oh, I'm sure you'll have no trouble in America." (or words to that effect) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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