@GiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 10 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 • 10 months agomessage-square169fedilink
minus-square@John_McMurray@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•10 months agoWhen you say quarter of, you are supposed to say the next hour. Quarter after 4 is a quarter of 5.
minus-square@Feathercrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•10 months agoThat’s… I guess that makes sense but that’s really weird and ambiguous.
minus-square@bobagem@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink2•edit-210 months agoQuarter after four is 4:15. Quarter of five is 4:45. Also quarter to five and quarter til five. I’m seeing other comments that suggest I might be wrong. Especially in regards to other languages.
minus-squareThistledownlinkfedilinkEnglish1•10 months agoI would not have guessed that meaning of “of.” I think we should stick to “til” or “past” for clarity.
When you say quarter of, you are supposed to say the next hour. Quarter after 4 is a quarter of 5.
That’s… I guess that makes sense but that’s really weird and ambiguous.
Quarter after four is 4:15.
Quarter of five is 4:45. Also quarter to five and quarter til five.
I’m seeing other comments that suggest I might be wrong. Especially in regards to other languages.
I would not have guessed that meaning of “of.” I think we should stick to “til” or “past” for clarity.