@[email protected] to ShowerthoughtsEnglish • 11 months agoI hear phrases like "half-past", "quarter til", and "quarter after" way less often since digital clocks have became more commonplace.message-square169fedilinkarrow-up1451arrow-down120
arrow-up1431arrow-down1message-squareI hear phrases like "half-past", "quarter til", and "quarter after" way less often since digital clocks have became more commonplace.@[email protected] to ShowerthoughtsEnglish • 11 months agomessage-square169fedilink
minus-squareBjörn Tantaulinkfedilink38•11 months agoCome to Germany. We still argue about how to properly say that. In some regions “quarter nine” means 8:15.
minus-squareslazer2aulinkEnglish59•11 months agoCould be worse. Could be Dutch. What time is it? Ten over half eight. … 7:40
minus-squareCanadian_Cabinet linkfedilink10•11 months agoIn Spanish its pretty common to express time past 30 as next hour minus time left. So 8:45 can be expressed as 9 minus 15
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•11 months agoI feel this is the way that best reflects how you look at an analog clock. First hours then minutes. It’d be interesting to know if the amount of people saying time the analog way depends on the system used.
minus-squareBoblinkfedilink3•11 months agoSame in English, except that we say “half past” for xx:30. 08:35 is “twenty-five to nine”.
minus-square@DontTreadOnBigfootlink17•11 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-square@FeathercrownlinkEnglish6•11 months agoWhy WOULD it mean 8:15? The only two options I would think of are 8:45 and 9:15.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•11 months agoThis is why I don’t talk to members of the British Isles, they do this.
Come to Germany. We still argue about how to properly say that. In some regions “quarter nine” means 8:15.
Could be worse. Could be Dutch.
What time is it?
Ten over half eight.
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7:40
I see no problem with this? Makes sense.
…what
In Spanish its pretty common to express time past 30 as next hour minus time left. So 8:45 can be expressed as 9 minus 15
I feel this is the way that best reflects how you look at an analog clock. First hours then minutes. It’d be interesting to know if the amount of people saying time the analog way depends on the system used.
Same in English, except that we say “half past” for xx:30. 08:35 is “twenty-five to nine”.
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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
10 ÷ .5x8
Why WOULD it mean 8:15? The only two options I would think of are 8:45 and 9:15.
This is why I don’t talk to members of the British Isles, they do this.