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-squareVerwechslungsgefährte 🍿@dresden.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-210 months ago@bjoern_tantau @GiuseppeAndTheYeti As somebody from east-Germany, I learned “three quarters nine” is uncommon in west-Germany. (It means quarter to nine, 8:45)
@bjoern_tantau @GiuseppeAndTheYeti As somebody from east-Germany, I learned “three quarters nine” is uncommon in west-Germany. (It means quarter to nine, 8:45)