• JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz
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    9 months ago

    In Finland we use:

    3:15 viisitoista yli kolme = fifteen over three.
    3:30 puoli neljä = half four.
    3:45 viisitoista vaille neljä = fifteen short of four.

    We also use 24 hour clocks but if the dinner is at 17:30, it will just be said to be at half six and you figure am/pm out of context - if it’s ambiguous, we say “six in the morning / six in the evening”.

    • skeezix@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      In English, when they ask the time, we reply: Puolivälissä ohitti apinan perse. Because in English Puolivälissä rhymes with perse.