meridiem
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Sir: In Mexico, it is a common use to interpret p.m. not as post meridiem but rather as puntualidad Mexicana, which means one or two hours after the stated time.
From Time Magazine Archive
A few minutes past four o'clock, ante meridiem, word was brought to them that the Prince had boarded the Berengaria by "swarming up a rope ladder."
From Time Magazine Archive
Sept. 16th, ante meridiem hora 32 9 in delinquiciis A. C. incidi ex ingratitudine concepta ex verbis uxoris, et Anallæ Mariæ.
From The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee And the Catalog of His Library of Manuscripts by Dee, John
Sept. 12th, John Pontoys, inter 9 et 10 ante meridiem prope Stony-Stratford; puto potius hora 8 min.
From The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee And the Catalog of His Library of Manuscripts by Dee, John
March 26th, my Lord sent one of his secretaries with answer to my letter, and with offer and promys of all where he can pleasure me, circa 5 post meridiem.
From The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee And the Catalog of His Library of Manuscripts by Dee, John
