4-in-5 Oklahoma City students can’t read clocks

[aceplace57]

@kferr

I’ve got a question about how some people say times that seems to fit here. I know that “quarter to six” is 5:45 and “quarter past six” is 6:15. But I hear some people say “quarter of six”. What digital time does that refer to? I don’t hear it often, is it a regional thing?

I use quarter till, and quarter to interchangeably.

I’ve heard quarter of and assume it means the same thing.

I use till and after the most often. It probably is a regional thing.

[Hermitian]

@kferr

I’ve got a question about how some people say times that seems to fit here. I know that “quarter to six” is 5:45 and “quarter past six” is 6:15. But I hear some people say “quarter of six”. What digital time does that refer to? I don’t hear it often, is it a regional thing?

We had a thread about that. “Quarter of” is an abomination and should be eliminated from the Earth.

[aceplace57]

Spanish is even more specific.

A few examples
1:00 la una
2:05 as dos y cinco
3:10 as tres y diez
4:15 as cuatro y cuarto
5:20 as cinco y veinte
6:25 as seis y veinticinco
7:30 as las siete y treinta
7:35 as las siete y treinta y cinco
8:40 as las ocho y cuarenta
9:45 as las nueve y cuarenta y cinco

[Little_Pig]

In other Oklahoma news, the following headlines are from this mornings Tulsa World newspaper.

Historic building in Cushing to be demolished after quake.

Trump admin halts Obama-era rule on fracking on public land.

Five earthquakes recorded in central, western Oklahoma in less than a day.