I feel this comment betrays a misunderstanding of what language even is. Saying it like “two forty-five” or whatever is a figure of speech as much as “quarter to three” is.
wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 6 months ago
It does not make sense to convert digits to figure of speech, just for the fuck of it.
MadBob@feddit.nl 6 months ago
wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 6 months ago
You knew exactly what I meant, you’re just being pedantic.
MadBob@feddit.nl 6 months ago
No, I meant it. “Two forty-five” is a figure of speech. If you were giving the time in exact terms you’d say something like “it’s been two hours and forty-five minutes since midday/midnight”. You’re just stuck in this idea that your way of expressing it is the right one.
pimento64@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
The practice still has one very important application:
“What time is it?”
“Half past a monkey’s ass, quarter to his balls”
DharmaCurious@startrek.website 6 months ago
Our family’s was “freckle past a hair and time to get a watch”