The Picard Maneuver@startrek.websiteM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 10 months agoJust speak normallystartrek.websiteimagemessage-square83fedilinkarrow-up11.04K
arrow-up11.04KimageJust speak normallystartrek.websiteThe Picard Maneuver@startrek.websiteM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square83fedilink
minus-squareallroy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·10 months agomy parents always say it’s “quarter of”. I can’t make it make sense.
minus-squaretigeruppercut@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up8·10 months agoI knew a mathy type who would occasionally jokingly say “a third past”
minus-squarelugal@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agoI think Kafka used stuff like “two and a third” sometimes
minus-squarehydrospanner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agoRight?! Quarter til, quarter after…those are easy to understand. Same goes for half past. But quarter of? I have no idea how that relates to the passage of time.
my parents always say it’s “quarter of”. I can’t make it make sense.
I knew a mathy type who would occasionally jokingly say “a third past”
I think Kafka used stuff like “two and a third” sometimes
Right?!
Quarter til, quarter after…those are easy to understand. Same goes for half past.
But quarter of? I have no idea how that relates to the passage of time.