I hear phrases like "half-past", "quarter til", and "quarter after" way less often since digital clocks have became more commonplace.

GiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.social · 8 months ago

I hear phrases like "half-past", "quarter til", and "quarter after" way less often since digital clocks have became more commonplace.

superfes@lemmy.world · 8 months ago

I use these all the time, my kids say “just tell me what time it is.”

Dr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.org · edit-2 8 months ago

Seriously, though. It takes less brain processing power and just about the same speech-time to just say the dang time.

pimento64@sopuli.xyz · 8 months ago

I did the same thing with my parents, mostly because they’d just say “quarter after” but would never say any number. If you made a word cloud of everything I’ve ever said in my life, “after what” would be gigantic in the center with every other word tiny around the edges.