LL-L "Idiomatica" 2014.03.12 (01) [EN]

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From: Theo Homan theohoman at yahoo.com
Subject: LL-L "Idiomatica" 2014.03.08 (01) [NDS]

Hi,

I would guess that this way of time-saying had its origin in the very
beginning of clock-industries.
This kind of time-saying is/was also found outside of Germany [e.g.
Icelandic].
We have to think a verb in the construction: 18.15 = 'a quart gone to
seven'.
Is anybody interested in finding out what they used to say in Latin for
this construction?

vr.gr.

Theo Homan

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