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Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months ago

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

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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.

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Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months ago

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it’s not like people generally pronounce it fully anyways, it’ll come out as “qua’tr” or “quartah” depending on dialect
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  All of which is still two syllables?

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