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pathetic piss kitten @kitten@elizabeth.cat
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oh no, German does hours like Catalan ​:blobfoxnotlikethis:​
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Gwen Fawn v_trans v_spo @aldaan@tech.lgbt
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@kitten Hungarian is the same. neodeer_pensive It took me a long time as a kid to accept that "half ten" is not five, but 9:30.
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Mira Jin @mira@purrple.place
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@kitten what do you mean?
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pathetic piss kitten @kitten@elizabeth.cat
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@mira 9:30
English: half past nine
German: halb drei
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alina🐾💖✨🏳️‍⚧️ @alina@girldick.gay
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@kitten @mira what no that would be halb zehn
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alina🐾💖✨🏳️‍⚧️ @alina@girldick.gay
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@kitten @mira and the only in certain parts of Germany is it said like that, others say it differently
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alina🐾💖✨🏳️‍⚧️ @alina@girldick.gay
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@kitten @mira fun fact; even between certain parts of Bavaria we gave different ways of referring to time, especially for 18:45, 19:45 etc, with the lower bavarians and the franks arguing to death over it
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pathetic piss kitten @kitten@elizabeth.cat
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@alina @mira I've just given up and end up just saying "nine thirty"
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pathetic piss kitten @kitten@elizabeth.cat
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@alina @mira social.elizabeth.cat/notes/aaf0gc6ycghbrbqr
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alina🐾💖✨🏳️‍⚧️ @alina@girldick.gay
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@kitten @mira ah sowwy didnt see that reply
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SleepyCat @SleepyCat@mk.absturztau.be
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@kitten @mira @alina aber halb zehn = fünf ist!
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pathetic piss kitten @kitten@elizabeth.cat
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@SleepyCat @mira @alina ​:neocat_laptop_notice:​
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pathetic piss kitten @kitten@elizabeth.cat
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@mira (catalan would be "dos quarts de deu" - "two quarters of ten")
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Mira Jin @mira@purrple.place
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@kitten okay, I understand what you mean,

but [German lesson]
it would be "halb zehn" for this time :)
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pathetic piss kitten @kitten@elizabeth.cat
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@mira oh yeah true I mixed that up

(I'll blame it to me thinking about the Catalan way, where 10 is "deu")
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