I was once this until I was no,
I did this just an hour ago,
You'll hear it if you're asked to wait,
or if you're told that you are late.
What is it?
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a homophone of ate including eight
I was once this until I was no,
Thought here is no in German (language tag) is nein so this sounds like
You were eight before you were nine
I did this just an hour ago,
You ate an hour before
You'll hear it if you're asked to wait, or if you're told that you are late
Both wait and late sound like (you'll hear) ate
I think you might be
A bell chime
I was once this until I was no,
One I'm slightly struggling on: It chimes $x$ times before stopping
I did this just an hour ago,
The clock chimes every hour
You'll hear it if you're asked to wait,
If you wait for at least an hour you will hear it
or if you're told that you are late.
Again slightly struggling: If you are asked to a meeting that starts at say 9, and you arrive slightly late the clock will already be ringing
I think it is related to being:
Punctual
I was once this until I was no,
I did this just an hour ago,
You were punctual as you arrived on time an hour ago.
You'll hear it if you're asked to wait,
or if you're told that you are late.
If you're early, you're informed you're punctual. If you're late, you're informed that you're not punctual.