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Slocawber Posted 12 years ago
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departure times
Hallo.
What do they normally say at the train station or at an airport when they tell you about the time a train or a plane leaves?
Say that the departure time is 19:35.
Do they say: nineteen thirty-five?
Is it possible to hear: twenty-give to eight p.m.?
What happens with 00:25? Do they say: zero twenty-five?
Thank you
What do they normally say at the train station or at an airport when they tell you about the time a train or a plane leaves?
Say that the departure time is 19:35.
Do they say: nineteen thirty-five?
Is it possible to hear: twenty-give to eight p.m.?
What happens with 00:25? Do they say: zero twenty-five?
Thank you
Top answer
no, I have never heard this 24 hour version used while announcing the flight time in speakers. m.? Definitely not, that is an informal way of telling the time.
- no, I have never heard this 24 hour version used while announcing the flight time in speakers.
- m.?
- Definitely not, that is an informal way of telling the time.
- What happens with 00:25?
- Do they say: zero twenty-five?
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Hi,
Do they say: nineteen thirty-five?no, I have never heard this 24 hour version used while announcing the flight time in speakers.
Is it possible to hear: twenty-give to eight p.m.? Definitely not, that is an informal way of telling the time.
What happens with 00:
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slocawberDo they say: nineteen thirty-five?Yes, in European civilian airports and in a military context in American English. In American civilian airports, they do not use a 24-hour clock.
slocawberIs it possible to hear: twenty-give to eight p.m.?No.
slocawberWhat happens with 00:25? Do they say: z
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