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[kaysvacationvilla]

Up here in MA I only wear a sweater when I am very cold in the winter. For cool weather we usually wear a light jack or wind breaker or sweat shirt.

[blott]

'Z' (zed or zee) is another one that spells confusion! Plus of course the 'O' (oh or zero) in numbers.

A windbreak is something we'd use to sit in the shelter from the wind on a beach - sort of canvas with poles you stick into the sand!

[ctgirlscout]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by blott
We're just lazy Teresa as it's short for FOuRTeen NIGHTs! I can never remember not to say it when I'm in the US so I get some very puzzled looks...
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Oh, NOW I get it! I was wondering earlier where the "fort" in fortnight came from! Perhaps now I can remember how long it is!

[Ray&Sarah]

We all learn something new, we didn't know that was where the term came from either, that Blott is a never ending source of information.

[E. Cosgrove]

I tried making a dinner reservation for half past eight.....oops couldn't make myself understood until i said eight thirty!!!
liz

[kaysvacationvilla]

My mother has always used the "half past", but my kids would never know what it meant.

[Cruella DeVilla]

Just as well we are not German, they say half before the hour, so we say half past 8 meaning say 2030hrs, they say half before 9! They must have ba great time in the US!!!
CDV

[Ray&Sarah]

Ray finds it all very confusing as he is sometimes in Germany, sometimes in the US and of course the rest of the time here. He just gets to grips with the way tehy say it in one country and he has to move on.

[blott]

My Mum still says 'five and twenty' past or to when she's talking about times - reminds me of 'four and twenty' blackbirds!

[ctgirlscout]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by E. Cosgrove
I tried making a dinner reservation for half past eight.....oops couldn't make myself understood until i said eight thirty!!!
liz
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Unless this is becoming a generational thing, they should have know what you meant. With my kids, when I say "quarter of six", or "quarter past", I always have to explain. Seems they are not teaching this in school anymore!