GiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoI hear phrases like "half-past", "quarter til", and "quarter after" way less often since digital clocks have became more commonplace.message-squaremessage-square157fedilinkarrow-up1441arrow-down118
arrow-up1423arrow-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 · 8 months agomessage-square157fedilink
minus-squareDr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·8 months agoIt does not make sense to convert digits to figure of speech, just for the fuck of it.
minus-squarepimento64@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·8 months agoThe practice still has one very important application: “What time is it?” “Half past a monkey’s ass, quarter to his balls”
It does not make sense to convert digits to figure of speech, just for the fuck of it.
The practice still has one very important application:
“What time is it?”
“Half past a monkey’s ass, quarter to his balls”