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I hear phrases like "half-past", "quarter til", and "quarter after" way less often since digital clocks have became more commonplace. (midwest.social)
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[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

There was a solid decade where the pattern broke, and so e people didn't get back into it.

Two thousand, two thousand one etc don't really work as "twenty oh-one", etc.

[–] KnightontheSun@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I always said “aught” from 2000-2010 maybe even into 2011. “Twenty-aught-eight!” And because it entertained me, I continued, “Twenty-aught-eleven!” Just having fun.

[–] BlemboTheThird@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago

Calling them "the aughts" is also the best way I've found to refer to that decade