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minus-squareallroy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year agomy parents always say it’s “quarter of”. I can’t make it make sense.
minus-squaretigeruppercut@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoI knew a mathy type who would occasionally jokingly say “a third past”
minus-squarelugal@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoI think Kafka used stuff like “two and a third” sometimes
minus-squarehydrospanner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year 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.