GiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 个月前I 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 · 7 个月前message-square169fedilink
minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down4·7 个月前I generally avoided use of the quarter/half shorthand because people often say it with no context. “What time is it?” “Half past.” Half past what? Sort of an assumption that the asker has a clue what hour it is, but if they knew, why would they ask the time? I’m not sad to see the phrases go.
minus-squareMetype @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·7 个月前Never actually heard anyone exclude the hour, it’s always “half past 3”, “quarter to 8”, “5 till 6”, etc
minus-squareipkpjersi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·7 个月前That’s why people usually say Half past 5, in my experience anyway.
minus-squareBradleyUffner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 个月前My childhood was filled with people doing that. It drove me nuts.
I generally avoided use of the quarter/half shorthand because people often say it with no context.
“What time is it?”
“Half past.”
Half past what? Sort of an assumption that the asker has a clue what hour it is, but if they knew, why would they ask the time?
I’m not sad to see the phrases go.
Never actually heard anyone exclude the hour, it’s always “half past 3”, “quarter to 8”, “5 till 6”, etc
That’s why people usually say Half past 5, in my experience anyway.
My childhood was filled with people doing that. It drove me nuts.