Grandeza
Smash Master
I'm not sure I understand. We say half past and quarter of. I don't always necessarily but it's not uncommon for someone to say the time like that. Although, I have never heard half 10. I do hear half past and quarter of frequently though o_OMaybe I should've wrote that at half 10 rather than 20 past 1 but anyway to my point:
There's like 3 main time frames in an hour, quarter past, half past and quarter to. Like right now if someone was to ask the time I'd say "quarter to 11" and 15 minutes ago I'd say "half (past) 10". I never knew America didn't do this.