GiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoI hear phrases like "half-past", "quarter til", and "quarter after" way less often since digital clocks have became more commonplace.message-squaremessage-square169fedilinkarrow-up1451arrow-down120
arrow-up1431arrow-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 · 9 months agomessage-square169fedilink
minus-squareJohn_McMurray@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down5·9 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-up2·9 months agoThat’s… I guess that makes sense but that’s really weird and ambiguous.
minus-squarebobagem@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-29 months 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.
minus-squareThistledownlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoI would not have guessed that meaning of “of.” I think we should stick to “til” or “past” for clarity.
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.