@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@pimento64@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilink17•9 months agoThe practice still has one very important application: “What time is it?” “Half past a monkey’s ass, quarter to his balls”
minus-squareDharma Curiouslinkfedilink7•9 months agoOur family’s was “freckle past a hair and time to get a watch”
The practice still has one very important application:
“What time is it?”
“Half past a monkey’s ass, quarter to his balls”
Our family’s was “freckle past a hair and time to get a watch”