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@GiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year ago

I hear phrases like "half-past", "quarter til", and "quarter after" way less often since digital clocks have became more commonplace.

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I 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 • 1 year ago
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    A quarter to 1400 does sound a bit odd.

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      That doesn’t make sense to me. It would be a quarter to 14 if you wanted to say 14 instead of 2.

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        I wrote that it sounds odd, which it does. I used to work a job that used military time. Almost everyone wore a digital watch but many of the offices had analog clocks. If I was looking at an analog clock I’d say 'quarter to 2" but if I looked at my watch or the screen I’d probably say 1345.

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