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1:30 p.m it's half past one... Fri Jan 26, 2007 0:24 am  1:30 p.m it's half past one...
 

Hey everybody...!

I was just wondering if I can say this "1:30 p.m" hour in another way...For instance, I know you can say "one-thirty" or the one I posted in the topic. Nevertheless, I just want to know if you can say "One and half", I think it sounds weird. So, please help me in this...

PD: In the first line I wrote "the one I posted in the topic", I don't know what it is right, "Post in" or "Post on". Help me out with this too, please!

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1:30 p.m it's half past one... Fri Jan 26, 2007 0:34 am  1:30 p.m it's half past one...
 

--> one-thirty (you may add "pm" or "am" as applicable)

--> half past one

Those are really the only (civilian) ways to express 1:30.

In the military or police, it's common to use military time: "1330 hours" or "0130 hours"

To them, 1:30pm is "1330 hours" or simply "1330".
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1:30 p.m it's half past one... Fri Jan 26, 2007 0:45 am  1:30 p.m it's half past one...
 

And, I'd say "posted as the subject" or "posted on the subject/topic line" or "posted in the subject box". Very Happy

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1:30 p.m it's half past one... Fri Jan 26, 2007 4:37 am  1:30 p.m it's half past one...
 

In England they also say "half one", but it's confusing to me as an American, because I never know if they mean 1:30 or 12:30 when they say that.
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1:30 p.m it's half past one... Fri Jan 26, 2007 8:47 am  1:30 p.m it's half past one...
 

Jamie (K) wrote:
In England they also say "half one"
There is a similar format in German (halb eins), but the direct translation of the German phrase is an hour different from the British "half one".
I once had British neighbors in Germany and we had constant misunderstandings whenever we tried to make plans. I was never sure what time they were talking about since both "halb eins" and "half one" were foreign to me. Laughing
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