GiuseppeAndTheYetitoShowerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish·7 months agoI hear phrases like "half-past", "quarter til", and "quarter after" way less often since digital clocks have became more commonplace.message-squarearrow-up1451arrow-down120message-square169fedilink
arrow-up1431arrow-down1message-squareI hear phrases like "half-past", "quarter til", and "quarter after" way less often since digital clocks have became more commonplace.GiuseppeAndTheYetitoShowerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish·7 months agomessage-square169fedilink
minus-squareCanadian_Cabinet arrow-up10arrow-down0·7 months agolinkfedilinkIn Spanish its pretty common to express time past 30 as next hour minus time left. So 8:45 can be expressed as 9 minus 15
minus-squareMicrowavedTeaarrow-up7arrow-down0·7 months agolinkfedilinkI feel this is the way that best reflects how you look at an analog clock. First hours then minutes. It’d be interesting to know if the amount of people saying time the analog way depends on the system used.
minus-squareBobarrow-up3arrow-down0·7 months agolinkfedilinkSame in English, except that we say “half past” for xx:30. 08:35 is “twenty-five to nine”.
In Spanish its pretty common to express time past 30 as next hour minus time left. So 8:45 can be expressed as 9 minus 15
I feel this is the way that best reflects how you look at an analog clock. First hours then minutes. It’d be interesting to know if the amount of people saying time the analog way depends on the system used.
Same in English, except that we say “half past” for xx:30. 08:35 is “twenty-five to nine”.