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• _stranger_@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  In Europe they say “point five past noon” and “point two five to midnight”

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  • virku@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Norwegian here. I don’t recognize this. Where in europe do they say it like that? We mostly use the 12 hour system to talk about time of day, but write in 24 hours. We don’t say am or pm though.

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  • TachyonTele@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Is this a joke no one is getting or something?

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    • homes@piefed.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      is that what German humor is like?

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      • TachyonTele@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        In europe they say knock-knock-knock who’s there, not knock-knock whos there, for jokes.

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  • homes@piefed.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    that seems overly complicated

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  • folekaule@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I guess you’re making a joke about .5 being half and .25 being quarter. We say half past 11 in the US too.

    The real problem is languages that use “half 11” and it means 11:30 or 10:30 depending on where you are.

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