[dba-Tech] Telling the time

[Kathryn Bassett]

I do both, depending on the context. If I'm using my watch, then the
"quarter" answer. If computer, then exact. Also, if the question is because
of something specific (tv show, flight info etc), then I try to be exact.
Besides, it depends on the accuracy of the clock, watch, computer etc.
Kathryn

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On
> Behalf Of Rocky Smolin
> Sent: 10 Aug 2015 8:17 AM
> To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Telling the time
> 
> We've always said 'quarter past...' and 'quarter to...'
> 
> R
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On
> Behalf Of Arthur Fuller
> Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 7:42 AM
> 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.
> 
> --
> Arthur