GiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.social 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-square169fedilinkarrow-up1450arrow-down120
arrow-up1430arrow-down1message-squareI hear phrases like "half-past", "quarter til", and "quarter after" way less often since digital clocks have became more commonplace.GiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square169fedilink
minus-squareRentlarlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·7 months agoMy internal clock runs on a circle… So if I am guessing or saying roughly the time I will use “quarter to”, “ten past”, etc. If it’s an exact time I will say it to the minute, 6:43 etc.
My internal clock runs on a circle… So if I am guessing or saying roughly the time I will use “quarter to”, “ten past”, etc. If it’s an exact time I will say it to the minute, 6:43 etc.