im kinda a maniac about this because I’m absolutely gonna say “quarter past 17” because I’m me

• carrie

@aperture you haven’t heard how east germans raccall that time

@charlotte is it based

• carrie

@aperture basically “quarter 18” (except you really only use this with 12h time so “quarter 6”)

@charlotte as in a quarter of the way to 18?

• carrie

@aperture yeah

@charlotte that’s fair
where i am the standard is quater past, half past, quarter to, but i can see how the other system came about

• carrie

@aperture it is racconsistent with half and three-quarters [next hour] which is more widely used while in other places in germany you’d say “quarter past [hour” instead

@charlotte i see i see

• carrie