@[email protected] to ShowerthoughtsEnglish • 10 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 • 10 months agomessage-square169fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•10 months agoIn real life though, when the clock reads 15:00, how do you vocally express that?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•10 months agoInteresting. I know people who prefer 24 hour clocks but use am/pm when expressing vocally.
minus-square@A_Random_IdiotlinkEnglish1•10 months agoI mean, if someone is asking me the time, I’ll tell them 3 o’clock. but you asked how i vocally express 15:00. Not how I would tell it to an average person :p I’m not so up my ass that I think everyone uses 24 hour clocks, afterall lol
In real life though, when the clock reads 15:00, how do you vocally express that?
“Its fiften-hundred”
Interesting.
I know people who prefer 24 hour clocks but use am/pm when expressing vocally.
I mean, if someone is asking me the time, I’ll tell them 3 o’clock.
but you asked how i vocally express 15:00. Not how I would tell it to an average person :p
I’m not so up my ass that I think everyone uses 24 hour clocks, afterall lol