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Old 01-05-2013, 03:25 PM  
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Originally Posted by mineistaken View Post
so when you answer the question "when do we meet for drinks tonight" you (or french) says "at 21th hour"? Not "at 9"? Strange.
you can say both, but "9 o'clock in the evening" (9 heures du soir) is more common
We have also analogic clocks with 12 hours



edit: never mind, you wrote the same thing

in fact 21 o'clock is less ambigous than 9 o'clock

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