Arrive AT or Arrive TO?

[aco175]

Two different things: quarter of is 2:15, quarter to is 1:45

Not in anyplace I have heard. Quarter past is 2:15, but quarter to and quarter of both are 1:45. I have heard half-two meaning 2:30 or half past.

 

[John Lloyd1]

Not in anyplace I have heard. Quarter past is 2:15, but quarter to and quarter of both are 1:45. I have heard half-two meaning 2:30 or half past.

I've never heard of 'quarter of two' except in a maths question. (The answer is 0.5)

 

[Ryujin]

Not in anyplace I have heard. Quarter past is 2:15, but quarter to and quarter of both are 1:45. I have heard half-two meaning 2:30 or half past.

Same here. I usually hear "quarter of" from UK folks.

 

[Staffan]

Is that "quarter of" or "quarter off"? To me, "quarter of two" makes no sense, but I could see how one could get from "quarter off two" to 1:45.

 

[Mannahnin]

Two different things: quarter of is 2:15, quarter to is 1:45

Not in anyplace I have heard. Quarter past is 2:15, but quarter to and quarter of both are 1:45. I have heard half-two meaning 2:30 or half past.

This. "Quarter of" and "quarter to" are both 15 minutes before the specified hour. A quarter past is 15 minutes after the hour.

 

[Morrus]

Two different things: quarter of is 2:15, quarter to is 1:45

I've never heard quarter of.

Quarter to, and quarter past is all I've ever heard.

 

[Morrus]

I have heard half-two meaning 2:30 or half past.

Half two is just a common shorthand for half past two. I use it pretty constantly.

 

[Mannahnin]

Half two is just a common shorthand for half past two. I use it pretty constantly.

This one is a distinct Britishism to my eyes.

 

[Ulfgeir]

Half two is just a common shorthand for half past two. I use it pretty constantly.

In Sweden it is short for half an hour before two... I was informed by my Swedish colleagues in Dublin when I worked there that the Irish did it the wrong way (as in the Irish meant half past two) ... There had appearently been some misunderstandings before...

And if the Irish said they would meet you at six-ish, it meant they would be there around seven...

 

[dbolack]

This one is a distinct Britishism to my eyes.

IME, this gets shortened to half-past and drops the hour as it can be properly inferred as either in the range of the current, previous, or next hour. If not, the literal ( 2:30 )