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-square3fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-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-square3fedilink
minus-squaresuperfes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoI use these all the time, my kids say “just tell me what time it is.”
minus-squareDr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-24 months agoSeriously, though. It takes less brain processing power and just about the same speech-time to just say the dang time.
I use these all the time, my kids say “just tell me what time it is.”
Seriously, though. It takes less brain processing power and just about the same speech-time to just say the dang time.