{"id":7077,"date":"2017-12-27T04:51:15","date_gmt":"2017-12-27T10:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/?p=7077"},"modified":"2022-12-15T02:18:21","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T08:18:21","slug":"merry-christmas-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/merry-christmas-baby\/","title":{"rendered":"merry christmas baby: 7 mighty english vocabulary examples from this cool carol, y’all"},"content":{"rendered":"

frequently spanish speakers will translate 3:30 a.m.<\/strong>\u00a0and other half-hour times directly from spanish and say “3 and half” or “3 and a half”\u00a0in english.<\/p>\n

\"half<\/h5>\n
half past three<\/em><\/h5>\n

there is a decent chance that this style of expressing the half hour will become standard in american english in the future as spanish speakers become a bigger portion of the u.s. and canadian populations, but for the moment three-thirty<\/strong><\/em> or half past three<\/strong><\/em><\/a> are the expressions to use to be understood.<\/p>\n

half three<\/strong><\/em> is used in many parts of the english speaking world too, but not in american english.<\/p>\n

\"santa<\/p>\n

santa going down a chimney<\/em><\/h5>\n

the christmas song\u00a0merry christmas baby<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0has an example of half past<\/em>. the version below is by otis redding<\/strong>.\u00a0at 1:05 the lyrics say<\/p>\n

santa came down the chimney
\nhalf past three<\/em>, y’all<\/em>
\n<\/span><\/h4>\n

y’all<\/strong><\/em> is a contraction<\/strong><\/a> of you all<\/em>\u00a0which represents you in the \u00a0plural.<\/p>\n