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minus-squarehomes@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 days agoThis teaches you the value of terms like “half past noon“ and “quarter to midnight“
minus-square_stranger_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down8·4 days agoIn Europe they say “point five past noon” and “point two five to midnight”
minus-squarevirku@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·4 days agoNorwegian here. I don’t recognize this. Where in europe do they say it like that? We mostly use the 12 hour system to talk about time of day, but write in 24 hours. We don’t say am or pm though.
minus-squareTachyonTele@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 days agoIs this a joke no one is getting or something?
minus-squarehomes@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agois that what German humor is like?
minus-squareTachyonTele@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoIn europe they say knock-knock-knock who’s there, not knock-knock whos there, for jokes.
minus-squarefolekaule@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoI guess you’re making a joke about .5 being half and .25 being quarter. We say half past 11 in the US too. The real problem is languages that use “half 11” and it means 11:30 or 10:30 depending on where you are.
This teaches you the value of terms like “half past noon“ and “quarter to midnight“
In Europe they say “point five past noon” and “point two five to midnight”
Norwegian here. I don’t recognize this. Where in europe do they say it like that? We mostly use the 12 hour system to talk about time of day, but write in 24 hours. We don’t say am or pm though.
Is this a joke no one is getting or something?
is that what German humor is like?
In europe they say knock-knock-knock who’s there, not knock-knock whos there, for jokes.
I guess you’re making a joke about .5 being half and .25 being quarter. We say half past 11 in the US too.
The real problem is languages that use “half 11” and it means 11:30 or 10:30 depending on where you are.
that seems overly complicated