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minus-squarepedz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoTime is weird. Even in the same language some people will tell time differently. In French my parents are used to fractions while I don’t. So for me 9:45 is nine hours fourty five but for them it’s ten hours minus the quarter.
minus-squareCanadian_Cabinet @lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 days agoYou can go both ways in Spanish, but “hour minus X” is definitely less popular with younger people. Does any time in the latter half work with that approach in French? For example, in Spanish you can call 9:39 “10 minus 21”
minus-squarepedz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days agoIt works and would be understood but it would also be odd. The unwritten rule is to round up to a multiple of 5.
minus-squaresabreW4K3@lazysoci.alOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days ago but for them it’s ten hours minus the quarter. Wait, what?
minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 days agoI think it’s similar to saying “quarter to ten”, and I suspect it’s a result of how numbers/counting work in French.
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days agoIn west Germany, it would be viertel vor zehn (quarter before ten) while in the East, it would be dreiviertel zehn (three-quarter ten).
minus-squareuhmbah@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoYep. French Canadian is the same: 9:45 - 10 hours less a quarter Dix heures moin la quart 8:15 - 8 hours and quarter Huit heures et quart
minus-squareLifekraft@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days agoPolice cant stop us. Im cracking up at the police coming because it is illegal to tell the time this way.
minus-squareMajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days agoOuvert, c’est la police de la langue!
Time is weird. Even in the same language some people will tell time differently.
In French my parents are used to fractions while I don’t. So for me 9:45 is nine hours fourty five but for them it’s ten hours minus the quarter.
You can go both ways in Spanish, but “hour minus X” is definitely less popular with younger people. Does any time in the latter half work with that approach in French? For example, in Spanish you can call 9:39 “10 minus 21”
It works and would be understood but it would also be odd. The unwritten rule is to round up to a multiple of 5.
Wait, what?
I think it’s similar to saying “quarter to ten”, and I suspect it’s a result of how numbers/counting work in French.
In west Germany, it would be viertel vor zehn (quarter before ten) while in the East, it would be dreiviertel zehn (three-quarter ten).
Yep. French Canadian is the same:
9:45 - 10 hours less a quarter
Dix heures moin la quart
8:15 - 8 hours and quarter
Huit heures et quart
How was this allowed to happen
Police cant stop us.
Im cracking up at the police coming because it is illegal to tell the time this way.
Ouvert, c’est la police de la langue!