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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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[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Anyone using "quarter of" to mean X:15 is just incorrect. That's "quarter after".

[-] John_McMurray@lemmy.world -2 points 8 months ago

When you say quarter of, you are supposed to say the next hour. Quarter after 4 is a quarter of 5.

[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

That's... I guess that makes sense but that's really weird and ambiguous.

[-] thistledown@rblind.com 1 points 8 months ago

I would not have guessed that meaning of "of." I think we should stick to "til" or "past" for clarity.

[-] bobagem@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Quarter after four is 4:15.

Quarter of five is 4:45. Also quarter to five and quarter til five.

I'm seeing other comments that suggest I might be wrong. Especially in regards to other languages.

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