GiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoI hear phrases like "half-past", "quarter til", and "quarter after" way less often since digital clocks have became more commonplace.message-squaremessage-square162fedilinkarrow-up1419arrow-down118
arrow-up1401arrow-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 · 6 months agomessage-square162fedilink
minus-squarePoopingCough@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 months agoEven worse than that imo is ‘quarter of’. I swear to god it’s been used to mean both before or after whatever hour they’re talking about
minus-squareFeathercrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoAnyone using “quarter of” to mean X:15 is just incorrect. That’s “quarter after”.
minus-squareJohn_McMurray@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down5·6 months agoWhen you say quarter of, you are supposed to say the next hour. Quarter after 4 is a quarter of 5.
minus-squareFeathercrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoThat’s… I guess that makes sense but that’s really weird and ambiguous.
minus-squareThistledown@rblind.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoI would not have guessed that meaning of “of.” I think we should stick to “til” or “past” for clarity.
Even worse than that imo is ‘quarter of’. I swear to god it’s been used to mean both before or after whatever hour they’re talking about
Anyone using “quarter of” to mean X:15 is just incorrect. That’s “quarter after”.
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.
I would not have guessed that meaning of “of.” I think we should stick to “til” or “past” for clarity.