GiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 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 · 8 months agomessage-square169fedilink
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoit’s not like people generally pronounce it fully anyways, it’ll come out as “qua’tr” or “quartah” depending on dialect
minus-squareNuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agoAll of which is still two syllables?
it’s not like people generally pronounce it fully anyways, it’ll come out as “qua’tr” or “quartah” depending on dialect
All of which is still two syllables?