@GiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months agoI hear phrases like "half-past", "quarter til", and "quarter after" way less often since digital clocks have became more commonplace.message-square169fedilinkarrow-up1443
arrow-up1443message-squareI hear phrases like "half-past", "quarter til", and "quarter after" way less often since digital clocks have became more commonplace.@GiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months agomessage-square169fedilink
minus-square@DontTreadOnBigfoot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink17•9 months agoSeriously . If I ever heard someone say “quarter nine” as a time, those are the only two I would ever consider to be possible options
minus-square@Feathercrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish6•9 months agoWhy WOULD it mean 8:15? The only two options I would think of are 8:45 and 9:15.
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8:45, 9:15
Seriously . If I ever heard someone say “quarter nine” as a time, those are the only two I would ever consider to be possible options
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Why WOULD it mean 8:15? The only two options I would think of are 8:45 and 9:15.