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I hear phrases like "half-past", "quarter til", and "quarter after" way less often since digital clocks have became more commonplace. (midwest.social)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

i dont know if you are joking or not, but i have all my clocks unironically on 24 hour time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

In real life though, when the clock reads 15:00, how do you vocally express that?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

"Its fiften-hundred"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Interesting.

I know people who prefer 24 hour clocks but use am/pm when expressing vocally.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I mean, if someone is asking me the time, I'll tell them 3 o'clock.

but you asked how i vocally express 15:00. Not how I would tell it to an average person :p

I'm not so up my ass that I think everyone uses 24 hour clocks, afterall lol

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago

So does a lot of the world.