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Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months ago

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

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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.

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Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months ago

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I’m curious why it got the name digital time.
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  Because it is expressed as digits (numbers)

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