GiuseppeAndTheYeti to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoI hear phrases like "half-past", "quarter til", and "quarter after" way less often since digital clocks have became more commonplace.message-squaremessage-square154fedilinkarrow-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 · 7 months agomessage-square154fedilink
minus-squarePoopingCough@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 months agoEven worse than that imo is ‘quarter of’. I swear to god it’s been used to mean both before or after whatever hour they’re talking about
minus-squareWilly@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 months agomfrs think I know what hours its close to when I probably don’t know the day and am lucky to know what month it is.
minus-squareFeathercrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoAnyone using “quarter of” to mean X:15 is just incorrect. That’s “quarter after”.
Even worse than that imo is ‘quarter of’. I swear to god it’s been used to mean both before or after whatever hour they’re talking about
mfrs think I know what hours its close to when I probably don’t know the day and am lucky to know what month it is.
Anyone using “quarter of” to mean X:15 is just incorrect. That’s “quarter after”.