Comment on Just speak normally

smeg@feddit.uk ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• crimroy@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I would say “quarter of” 10. So there.

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  • The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Isn’t ‘quarter of’ 10:15?

    (I always use “quarter to” or “quarter til”, but never “quarter of”)

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    • Kase@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I got 2:30, but I doubt that’s what they mean

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      • crimroy@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Haha I like that take on it. Idk, that’s just always how I’ve always said it. That is, when I don’t say 9:45 like a normal human. Northeast US, if that makes a difference

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  • smeg@feddit.uk ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You’re just fucking with me now!

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  • MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yep

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  • Mongostein@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    “Quarter on ten” checking in :p

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• meliaesc@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Quarter “until” makes more sense than quarter to.

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  • smeg@feddit.uk ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Well it’s language, it’s pretty arbitrary, you say what you learned rather than what makes the most sense

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    • meliaesc@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Just wanted to represent your “nobody”!

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      • smeg@feddit.uk ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You’ve pulled back the curtain to reveal horrors beyond my imagination!

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• FlickOfTheBean@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  What’s the difference?

  Maybe it’s having been raised in the south, but I’m used to hearing both. Maybe it’s a regional difference?

  Though if I go for til these days, I’m more likely to say until rather than just til lol

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  • smeg@feddit.uk ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The difference is I’ve never heard anyone say “quarter til ten” before so it sounds very strange. As for it being a regional difference I guess it depends what region of the world you were raised in the south of!

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    • Pyroglyph@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’ve only ever heard “to” as well, never “til”. Although the latter does make more sense, the former rolls off the tongue a lot easier.

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• guriinii@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  First time I’m hearing of it also. Like “cowboy time” doesn’t work if its “til”

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