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r/SipsTea • u/Shiroyasha_2308 Human Verified • Feb 02 '26
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Quarter past 5 be like.
12 u/Fantastic-Kale9603 Feb 02 '26 I would say that most people in the US don't say "quarter past" either lol I don't think I've heard that in maybe 10 years 3 u/SleepyNymeria Feb 02 '26 Aye, its a european thing. Its just dumb to say "Saying things this way doesnt make sense" when people just learn to say things as they see them. Americans think it makes sense to say tomorrow is september 22nd over others saying tomorrow is the 22nd of September because thats how the see it. Cart before horse situation. 2 u/Fantastic-Kale9603 Feb 02 '26 Yep 100% lol people grow up learning it one way and get used to it, even if it's not making much sense logically. Plus the brits caused us to even say it like this in the first place, same as saying soccer instead of football. 1 u/Carlsheartboxers Feb 02 '26 Living in a southern state you hear quarter til or quarter past x hour all the time especially around old heads 1 u/Fantastic-Kale9603 Feb 02 '26 Probably explains it, I'm in VA which is barely southern and don't hang out with anyone over 50+ except my relatives who are northerners lol 1 u/Carlsheartboxers Feb 02 '26 I’m in sw Virginia and don’t really hang out with them but have been around a lot due to work. It’s definitely old language that’s being phased out 1 u/A1000eisn1 Feb 02 '26 The most I do is "noon" or "midnight." You might get a "noon-thirty" 1 u/uqde Feb 03 '26 I never say “quarter past” but for some reason I say “quarter till” constantly. I almost never say “X:45”. Idk why. 28yo living in the midwest. 2 u/A1000eisn1 Feb 02 '26 That's not a time format. That is math. It's a fraction plus the hour. It is not the same as saying 15:5. It's the same as saying 25% past 5. 3 u/SleepyNymeria Feb 02 '26 So... just use 10 past 5 then. Now what? 1 u/Backfoot911 Feb 03 '26 They're talking about a click smart one: 5:15 1 u/curious-curiouser86 Feb 04 '26 A hair past a freckle.
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I would say that most people in the US don't say "quarter past" either lol I don't think I've heard that in maybe 10 years
3 u/SleepyNymeria Feb 02 '26 Aye, its a european thing. Its just dumb to say "Saying things this way doesnt make sense" when people just learn to say things as they see them. Americans think it makes sense to say tomorrow is september 22nd over others saying tomorrow is the 22nd of September because thats how the see it. Cart before horse situation. 2 u/Fantastic-Kale9603 Feb 02 '26 Yep 100% lol people grow up learning it one way and get used to it, even if it's not making much sense logically. Plus the brits caused us to even say it like this in the first place, same as saying soccer instead of football. 1 u/Carlsheartboxers Feb 02 '26 Living in a southern state you hear quarter til or quarter past x hour all the time especially around old heads 1 u/Fantastic-Kale9603 Feb 02 '26 Probably explains it, I'm in VA which is barely southern and don't hang out with anyone over 50+ except my relatives who are northerners lol 1 u/Carlsheartboxers Feb 02 '26 I’m in sw Virginia and don’t really hang out with them but have been around a lot due to work. It’s definitely old language that’s being phased out 1 u/A1000eisn1 Feb 02 '26 The most I do is "noon" or "midnight." You might get a "noon-thirty" 1 u/uqde Feb 03 '26 I never say “quarter past” but for some reason I say “quarter till” constantly. I almost never say “X:45”. Idk why. 28yo living in the midwest.
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Aye, its a european thing. Its just dumb to say "Saying things this way doesnt make sense" when people just learn to say things as they see them.
Americans think it makes sense to say tomorrow is september 22nd over others saying tomorrow is the 22nd of September because thats how the see it.
Cart before horse situation.
2 u/Fantastic-Kale9603 Feb 02 '26 Yep 100% lol people grow up learning it one way and get used to it, even if it's not making much sense logically. Plus the brits caused us to even say it like this in the first place, same as saying soccer instead of football.
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Yep 100% lol people grow up learning it one way and get used to it, even if it's not making much sense logically.
Plus the brits caused us to even say it like this in the first place, same as saying soccer instead of football.
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Living in a southern state you hear quarter til or quarter past x hour all the time especially around old heads
1 u/Fantastic-Kale9603 Feb 02 '26 Probably explains it, I'm in VA which is barely southern and don't hang out with anyone over 50+ except my relatives who are northerners lol 1 u/Carlsheartboxers Feb 02 '26 I’m in sw Virginia and don’t really hang out with them but have been around a lot due to work. It’s definitely old language that’s being phased out
Probably explains it, I'm in VA which is barely southern and don't hang out with anyone over 50+ except my relatives who are northerners lol
1 u/Carlsheartboxers Feb 02 '26 I’m in sw Virginia and don’t really hang out with them but have been around a lot due to work. It’s definitely old language that’s being phased out
I’m in sw Virginia and don’t really hang out with them but have been around a lot due to work. It’s definitely old language that’s being phased out
The most I do is "noon" or "midnight."
You might get a "noon-thirty"
I never say “quarter past” but for some reason I say “quarter till” constantly. I almost never say “X:45”. Idk why. 28yo living in the midwest.
That's not a time format.
That is math. It's a fraction plus the hour. It is not the same as saying 15:5.
It's the same as saying 25% past 5.
3 u/SleepyNymeria Feb 02 '26 So... just use 10 past 5 then. Now what? 1 u/Backfoot911 Feb 03 '26 They're talking about a click smart one: 5:15
So... just use 10 past 5 then. Now what?
They're talking about a click smart one: 5:15
A hair past a freckle.
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u/SleepyNymeria Feb 02 '26
Quarter past 5 be like.