Just speak normally
Just speak normally
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I'm not sure if this meme is doubly trolling me here, but please tell me nobody says "a quarter til ten" instead of "quarter to ten"!
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What's the difference?
Maybe it's having been raised in the south, but I'm used to hearing both. Maybe it's a regional difference?
Though if I go for til these days, I'm more likely to say until rather than just til lol
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The difference is I've never heard anyone say "quarter til ten" before so it sounds very strange. As for it being a regional difference I guess it depends what region of the world you were raised in the south of!
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I've only ever heard "to" as well, never "til". Although the latter does make more sense, the former rolls off the tongue a lot easier.
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In german you'd just say quarter ten, half ten and three quarters ten for 9:15, 9:30 and 9:45 respectively
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Madness!
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Though not every region in Germany will do that, some think it's stupid, but it makes sense to me.
Quarter ten for example means a quarter of the tenth hour is over, so 9:15. There's good logic behind it, at least
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What? That must be a bavaria/switzerland/austria thing. I never heard this. hearing quarter ten (Viertel zehn?) i'd assume 10:15 and most definitly not 09:15 0.o I'll stay with quarter before ten for (viertel vor zehn) 09:45 and quarter after ten (viertel nach zehn) for 10:15.
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BaWü, but even there not everyone says it like that
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I would say "quarter of" 10. So there.
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Isn't 'quarter of' 10:15?
(I always use "quarter to" or "quarter til", but never "quarter of")
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I got 2:30, but I doubt that's what they mean
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Haha I like that take on it. Idk, that's just always how I've always said it. That is, when I don't say 9:45 like a normal human. Northeast US, if that makes a difference
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You're just fucking with me now!
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“Quarter on ten” checking in :p
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Yep
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First time I'm hearing of it also. Like "cowboy time" doesn't work if its "til"
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Quarter "until" makes more sense than quarter to.
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Well it's language, it's pretty arbitrary, you say what you learned rather than what makes the most sense
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Just wanted to represent your "nobody"!
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You've pulled back the curtain to reveal horrors beyond my imagination!
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Another member of the "til" gang here!
I would also completely understand "to", though, but I just don't use it.
Those "quarter of" weirdos can fuck directly off though. That one makes zero sense to me haha.
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