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pirateLiz | 21:47 Tue 28th Apr 2009 | How it Works
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semi is half...is demi a quarter?
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no, it's generally a half as well (from the French: six heures et demi, half past six). But you can compound them as in hemidemisemiquavers. (Have I got that right?)
21:49 Tue 28th Apr 2009
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'Demi' comes from the Latin 'dimidium' = 'divided in half'

Demi-, Semi- and Hemi- are all synonyms
21:54 Tue 28th Apr 2009
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`Ere` we ain`t arf got some edeficated geezers ere, ain`t us?
23:57 Tue 28th Apr 2009
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00:31 Wed 29th Apr 2009
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To paraphrase Joyce Grenfell.
"Carlton dear, don't do that!" ;)
10:53 Thu 30th Apr 2009

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