GiuseppeAndTheYeti 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-square152fedilinkarrow-up1450arrow-down118
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 to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square152fedilink
minus-squareChainweasel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down1·edit-210 months ago8:45, 9:15
minus-squareDontTreadOnBigfoot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·10 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-squareFeathercrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·10 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.