@GiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 months agoI hear phrases like "half-past", "quarter til", and "quarter after" way less often since digital clocks have became more commonplace.message-square170fedilinkarrow-up1441
arrow-up1441message-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 • 4 months agomessage-square170fedilink
minus-square@OlPatchy2Eyeslink10•4 months agoIn Lesotho (and I assume other developing countries that teach the English standard) they use those phrases because the 24-hour day and 60-minute hours are a foreign concept to many kids and their families.
In Lesotho (and I assume other developing countries that teach the English standard) they use those phrases because the 24-hour day and 60-minute hours are a foreign concept to many kids and their families.