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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"!
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
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!
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.
In german you'd just say quarter ten, half ten and three quarters ten for 9:15, 9:30 and 9:45 respectively
Madness!
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
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.
BaWü, but even there not everyone says it like that
I would say "quarter of" 10. So there.
Isn't 'quarter of' 10:15?
(I always use "quarter to" or "quarter til", but never "quarter of")
I got 2:30, but I doubt that's what they mean
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
You're just fucking with me now!
“Quarter on ten” checking in :p
First time I'm hearing of it also. Like "cowboy time" doesn't work if its "til"
Quarter "until" makes more sense than quarter to.
Well it's language, it's pretty arbitrary, you say what you learned rather than what makes the most sense
Just wanted to represent your "nobody"!
You've pulled back the curtain to reveal horrors beyond my imagination!
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.