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-squareHolyhandgrenadearrow-up10arrow-down0·7 months agolinkfedilinkNot in Norway lol. If you want to meet up at 11:20 you say “ti på halv tolv” meaning "ten minutes before half hour before twelve. Yeah, it took me a while to wrap my head around it too.
Not in Norway lol. If you want to meet up at 11:20 you say “ti på halv tolv” meaning "ten minutes before half hour before twelve.
Yeah, it took me a while to wrap my head around it too.