Comment on Is there a “proper“ way to say “6:05 AM”?
Pendulla@lemdro.id 7 months ago
Five past six is what they taught me in English lessons back in the day :) that is the “proper” Way to say it in British English.
01-29 minutes are past the hour, 30 is half past the hour, 31-59 are to the hour (ex. 20 minutes to 7).
You could also be a smart ass and say it in US military style - oh six hundred and five.
killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I believe you only say the hundred if the time ends in 00
towerful@programming.dev 7 months ago
Yeh, it would probably be “oh six oh five” for us military time.
They pronounce the leading 0.
otp@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
And with numbers in general, I think you only say the “and” if it’s “and one”. 605 would be “six hundred five”, I think.
HamSwagwich@showeq.com 7 months ago
Generally speaking US military time vernacular never uses the word “and” because it’s superfluous and confusing.
The idea is to condense the information into the smallest transmissible unit possible while eliminating any ambiguity.
“Oh six oh five” would be how you say it. The leading “oh” is to disambiguate a transmission dropout or interference with “sixteen.” It adds a checksum bit, if you will.