Comment on Low-hanging rage bait

gigachad@sh.itjust.works ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• RotSteinFinke@feddit.org ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I recently learned that the word clock originally ment bell or bell chime. It’s related to the German word Glocke. So 7 o’clock = 7 bongs…

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  • vateso5074@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Makes sense then why “clock” still has the additional meaning of “to hit.” Like “I clocked him on the head.”

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  • antsu@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Hello there, fellow Rob Words enjoyer.

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  • madjo@feddit.nl ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    And the o’ in o’clock means “of the clock”

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  • Derpenheim@lemmy.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yes, 7 tolls of the clock

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