American English : telling the time

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Aug 29th, 2013, 12:36 am

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Re: American English : telling the time

So, you are saying that if I want to tell the time 12.30pm and the listener knows the hour, I can say that it's 30 till (instead of 30 till 1) but not half (half one or half past twelve) ?

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