[dba-Tech] Telling the time

[Martin Reid]

Arthur

Quarter to 7, half six, quarter past 5.

That's the right way to refer to time. 

Then you have amounts, as in two thousand two hundred as opposed to 22 hundred


Martin






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From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller
Sent: 10 August 2015 15:42
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: [dba-Tech] Telling the time

I know this is a little OT, but given the international nature of this group, I thought I'd pose my question here. Recently I spent a week with my three siblings at a cottage in North Ontario. My sister Susan has lived in Birmingham, OK, for the past 30 years. I noticed that she has retained the habit of referring to times "the old way", as in "a quarter of seven."
Virtually everyone I know here in Canada, when asked what time it is, replies in the digital way, as in "6:44". So I got to wondering whether my sister is an anomaly, or maybe it's a British thing, or a European thing.

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Arthur
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