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From: "glswings" <>
Subject: Re: [GA-Roots] Fwd: Re: Bible Records
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 21:42:11 -0800
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In our bibles the days are always listed before the month like
16 February 2001 and not many abbreviations.
My grandmother always used the expression half past noon or half past
three---never 12:30 or 3:30. I think it was just the way maybe the older
generations spoke.
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From: "Jane Benson" <>
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Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 8:21 PM
Subject: Re: [GA-Roots] Fwd: Re: Bible Records


> In the case of the old Bibles kept in my family, an example looks like the
> following:
> John Richard Blaylock was borned August 26, 1876 at half past Noon and
died
> on May 4, 1960 at 20 till 5 O'clock.....age 84 years, 9 months.
>
> I've encountered this many times and though I've often wondered why, I
never
> really knew why it was written this way, being so precise as to the time
and
> date, nor why "O'clock" is so written. Today, were we to do the same, we
> most likely would put 5:00p.m. Nor do we normally use the expression
half
> past noon. Just my curiousity aroused as to why the older Bibles are
done
> this way, and if it could be a case of tradition carried on from a much
> older time in history. But, I do enjoy being able to see these old
Bibles
> for so much can be gained from them.
>
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