Yea. Today nobody knows the meaning of the numbers unless they’ve seen a video about how silly the rest of the world finds it. Now they are just words.
The only remnants of half-somethingth, meaning half away from something, is “halvanden”; half-second meaning 1.5. You might hear “I can totally drive, I’ve only had half-second beer (the limit is two)”, but you will never hear any other number.
That one at least makes some sense: halfway to seven vs seven and a half. The more confusing ones are quarter seven (6:15) and three quarter seven (6:45). If you didn’t learn to tell time with an analog clock it can throw you off since they are the opposite of eg quarter to seven. It’s even worse - in German it’s a regional thing, and they’ll look at you as of you’ve grown a second head if you use a form they’re not used to.
Yea. Today nobody knows the meaning of the numbers unless they’ve seen a video about how silly the rest of the world finds it. Now they are just words.
The only remnants of half-somethingth, meaning half away from something, is “halvanden”; half-second meaning 1.5. You might hear “I can totally drive, I’ve only had half-second beer (the limit is two)”, but you will never hear any other number.
How about in telling time? Like half seven means 7:30 in British English but is 6:30 in Dutch and German
That one at least makes some sense: halfway to seven vs seven and a half. The more confusing ones are quarter seven (6:15) and three quarter seven (6:45). If you didn’t learn to tell time with an analog clock it can throw you off since they are the opposite of eg quarter to seven. It’s even worse - in German it’s a regional thing, and they’ll look at you as of you’ve grown a second head if you use a form they’re not used to.
american time keeping for the win in this case.
Yes. Because there are only 12 hours in a day…
No American measurements make sense.
Well i was talking about the lack of relative time. It is clear if you say 6:30