GiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoI hear phrases like "half-past", "quarter til", and "quarter after" way less often since digital clocks have became more commonplace.message-squaremessage-square169fedilinkarrow-up1451arrow-down119
arrow-up1432arrow-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 · 7 months agomessage-square169fedilink
minus-squarepimento64@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·7 months agoThe practice still has one very important application: “What time is it?” “Half past a monkey’s ass, quarter to his balls”
minus-squareDharma Curiouslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·7 months agoOur family’s was “freckle past a hair and time to get a watch”
The practice still has one very important application:
“What time is it?”
“Half past a monkey’s ass, quarter to his balls”
Our family’s was “freckle past a hair and time to get a watch”