GiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoI hear phrases like "half-past", "quarter til", and "quarter after" way less often since digital clocks have became more commonplace.message-squaremessage-square170fedilinkarrow-up1449arrow-down120
arrow-up1429arrow-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 · 4 months agomessage-square170fedilink
minus-squareZozanolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoIn real life though, when the clock reads 15:00, how do you vocally express that?
minus-squareZozanolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoInteresting. I know people who prefer 24 hour clocks but use am/pm when expressing vocally.
minus-squareA_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoI mean, if someone is asking me the time, I’ll tell them 3 o’clock. but you asked how i vocally express 15:00. Not how I would tell it to an average person :p I’m not so up my ass that I think everyone uses 24 hour clocks, afterall lol
In real life though, when the clock reads 15:00, how do you vocally express that?
“Its fiften-hundred”
Interesting.
I know people who prefer 24 hour clocks but use am/pm when expressing vocally.
I mean, if someone is asking me the time, I’ll tell them 3 o’clock.
but you asked how i vocally express 15:00. Not how I would tell it to an average person :p
I’m not so up my ass that I think everyone uses 24 hour clocks, afterall lol