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-squaremessage-square165fedilinkarrow-up1452arrow-down120
arrow-up1432arrow-down1message-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-square165fedilink
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minus-squareFeathercrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoThat’s… I guess that makes sense but that’s really weird and ambiguous.
minus-squarebobagemlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·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-squareThistledown@rblind.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoI would not have guessed that meaning of “of.” I think we should stick to “til” or “past” for clarity.
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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.