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-squareOlPatchy2Eyes@dormi.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·4 months agoIn Lesotho (and I assume other developing countries that teach the English standard) they use those phrases because the 24-hour day and 60-minute hours are a foreign concept to many kids and their families.
In Lesotho (and I assume other developing countries that teach the English standard) they use those phrases because the 24-hour day and 60-minute hours are a foreign concept to many kids and their families.