thistledown
@thistledown@rblind.com
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My username references one of my favorite literary characters, the gentleman with the thistledown hair from Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell.
My avatar is a goblin with long, scraggly hair who looks upward timidly with voluminous eyes.
- Comment on I hear phrases like "half-past", "quarter til", and "quarter after" way less often since digital clocks have became more commonplace. 8 months ago:
Can you really say “1984” with confidence either way given Big Brother?
- Comment on I hear phrases like "half-past", "quarter til", and "quarter after" way less often since digital clocks have became more commonplace. 8 months ago:
I would not have guessed that meaning of “of.” I think we should stick to “til” or “past” for clarity.
- Comment on I hear phrases like "half-past", "quarter til", and "quarter after" way less often since digital clocks have became more commonplace. 8 months ago:
I wish our numeric system was base 12 instead of base 10!
- Comment on I hear phrases like "half-past", "quarter til", and "quarter after" way less often since digital clocks have became more commonplace. 8 months ago:
100% yes! I have pretty intense time blindness due to ADHD. The visual representation of time in analog clocks helps me.