CP Time

[Laurence Horn]

At 9:48 PM -0500 11/4/04, Douglas G. Wilson wrote:
>>I hear new variants of this constantly--"[some ethnic, racial,
>>religious etc. group] time" = 'late'.
>
>I suppose most of the versions are national. On the Web there are plenty of
>examples of "on X time" = "late" (or sometimes "slow"/"leisurely"):
>"Chinese time", "Korean time", "Thai time", "Indian time" (referring to
>India), "Filipino time", "Spanish time", "Brazilian time", "Mexican time",
>"Italian time", etc., etc. ... also "Asian time", "African time", "South
>American time", "Latin time".
>
>"American time", "British time", "English time", "Japanese time" usually
>seem to have the opposite sense, referring to punctuality.
>
>-- Doug Wilson

left-hemisphere time vs. right-hemisphere time?