@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-square@John_McMurray@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink-2•1 year agoWhen you say quarter of, you are supposed to say the next hour. Quarter after 4 is a quarter of 5.
minus-square@Feathercrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoThat’s… I guess that makes sense but that’s really weird and ambiguous.
minus-square@bobagem@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink1•edit-21 year agoQuarter after four is 4:15. Quarter of five is 4:45. Also quarter to five and quarter til five. I’m seeing other comments that suggest I might be wrong. Especially in regards to other languages.
When you say quarter of, you are supposed to say the next hour. Quarter after 4 is a quarter of 5.
That’s… I guess that makes sense but that’s really weird and ambiguous.
Quarter after four is 4:15.
Quarter of five is 4:45. Also quarter to five and quarter til five.
I’m seeing other comments that suggest I might be wrong. Especially in regards to other languages.