GiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoI hear phrases like "half-past", "quarter til", and "quarter after" way less often since digital clocks have became more commonplace.message-squaremessage-square172fedilinkarrow-up1448arrow-down120
arrow-up1428arrow-down1message-squareI hear phrases like "half-past", "quarter til", and "quarter after" way less often since digital clocks have became more commonplace.GiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square172fedilink
minus-squareSparrowRanjitScaur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-24 months agoBecause it’s easier to use 5:15 or 5:30 when you get a digital readout. No one’s counting every individual tick on an analog clock, so fractions make more sense in that case.
Because it’s easier to use 5:15 or 5:30 when you get a digital readout. No one’s counting every individual tick on an analog clock, so fractions make more sense in that case.