noon thirty

[Greg Pulliam]

I use noon-thirty--most often, I think, in structures such as
"between noon and noon-thirty."  I live in Chicago (ten years), spent
12 years in central Missouri, and most of my life before that in
Mississippi and Tennessee.

Greg Pulliam


>One of the commentators on the Albany, N.Y., NPR affiliate just used
>noon-thirty (or noon:30) in reference to time.  I don't think I've ever
>heard this before.  Is it regional, social, or other?
>
>Regards,
>David Barnhart


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Greg

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