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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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[โ€“] Bruncvik@lemmy.world -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Last summer, I was in a water park, one of the few people still wearing a watch. A man asked me what time it was, and I replied "half past one and ten minutes". To me, this was completely natural, and I didn't even think about it. I'll never forget his confused look. You could almost see slight movements under his hair as the wheels in his brain worked overtime to translate it into digital time...

[โ€“] tiredofsametab@kbin.run 6 points 8 months ago

I have never heard anything like that. "twenty 'til two" is what jumps to my mind. I've never heard and x minutes