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half 12

English translation: half past noon, or half past midnight

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English term or phrase:half 12
Selected answer:half past noon, or half past midnight
Entered by: Charlesp

07:32 Apr 23, 2023
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
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English term or phrase: half 12
In British English, say London, what does "half 12" mean?

Is this 11:30 or 12:30?
Charlesp
Sweden
Local time: 07:16
12h30
Explanation:
That's it
Selected response from:

Mark Robertson
Local time: 06:16
Grading comment
It could be half past noon, or half past midnight -- still ambiguous.
12.30
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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5 +612h30
Mark Robertson


Discussion entries: 6





  

Answers


10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +6
12h30


Explanation:
That's it

Mark Robertson
Local time: 06:16
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
It could be half past noon, or half past midnight -- still ambiguous.
12.30

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M: Yup, 'half (past) 12' — the opposite of the DE way of doing it!
26 mins
agree  philgoddard: And Dutch.
3 hrs
agree  Daryo: can be a nasty trap - literally translated in Serbian (пола дван'ест) it would be 11:30.
16 hrs
agree  AllegroTrans
1 day 7 mins
agree  ROSANA TAQUES DAVID: The word past is not there, but it does imply that it is there; but it does not mean that it could well mean half TO 12, which is 11:30.
1 day 13 hrs
agree  Nadja Wieser
1 day 22 hrs
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