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-squarePoopingCoughEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down0·7 months agolinkfedilinkEven 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-squareWillyEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down0·7 months agolinkfedilinkmfrs think I know what hours its close to when I probably don’t know the day and am lucky to know what month it is.
minus-squareFeathercrownEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down0·7 months agolinkfedilinkAnyone using “quarter of” to mean X:15 is just incorrect. That’s “quarter after”.
minus-squareJohn_McMurrayarrow-up3arrow-down5·7 months agolinkfedilinkWhen you say quarter of, you are supposed to say the next hour. Quarter after 4 is a quarter of 5.
minus-squareFeathercrownEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down0·7 months agolinkfedilinkThat’s… I guess that makes sense but that’s really weird and ambiguous.
minus-squarebobagemarrow-up2arrow-down1·7 months agoedit-27 months agolinkfedilinkQuarter 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.
minus-squareThistledownEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down0·7 months agolinkfedilinkI 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
mfrs think I know what hours its close to when I probably don’t know the day and am lucky to know what month it is.
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.
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.
I would not have guessed that meaning of “of.” I think we should stick to “til” or “past” for clarity.