[dba-Tech] Telling the time

[Gustav Brock]

Hi Arthur

That is very common here, indeed for inaccurate timing, say +/- five minutes.
However, for a train departure on the minute, we would use 6:44 or 18:44.

/gustav

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Fra: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Arthur Fuller
Sendt: 10. august 2015 16:42
Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Emne: [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