@GiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoI hear phrases like "half-past", "quarter til", and "quarter after" way less often since digital clocks have became more commonplace.message-square74fedilinkarrow-up1371arrow-down114
arrow-up1357arrow-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 • 1 year agomessage-square74fedilink
minus-squareRentlarlinkfedilink5•1 year 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.