On 20 Feb 2007 04:34:59 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM) wrote:
>Correct, Dutch and German do it that way. >I never regarded as keen to see time pass by, but more as "halfway >towards 8 o'clock". This could both be interpreted, comparable to the >glass either being half full or half empty, as "only just halfway" or >"already halfway". I feel it as the last. I've heard radio shows talk about the "bottom of the hour" - and suspect some younger listeners don't know why it is called that. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
