GiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoI hear phrases like "half-past", "quarter til", and "quarter after" way less often since digital clocks have became more commonplace.message-squaremessage-square170fedilinkarrow-up1445arrow-down120
arrow-up1425arrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square170fedilink
minus-squarePasserby6497@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoI still hear people talk about the top and bottom of the hour all the time.
minus-squareHikermick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoI’ve never heard those phrases in person, only when spoken on TV or radio. Whereabouts you from?
minus-squarePasserby6497@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoMy or is based out of Midwest US, but my we have people scattered across the US.
minus-squareSkeezix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoDo you prefer the top or the bottom?
I still hear people talk about the top and bottom of the hour all the time.
I’ve never heard those phrases in person, only when spoken on TV or radio. Whereabouts you from?
My or is based out of Midwest US, but my we have people scattered across the US.
Do you prefer the top or the bottom?