• Canadian_Cabinet @lemmy.ca
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    8 months ago

    In Spanish its pretty common to express time past 30 as next hour minus time left. So 8:45 can be expressed as 9 minus 15

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      8 months ago

      I feel this is the way that best reflects how you look at an analog clock. First hours then minutes. It’d be interesting to know if the amount of people saying time the analog way depends on the system used.

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      8 months ago

      Same in English, except that we say “half past” for xx:30. 08:35 is “twenty-five to nine”.