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minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilink0•12 days ago but for them it’s ten hours minus the quarter. Wait, what?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink0•12 days agoYep. French Canadian is the same: 9:45 - 10 hours less a quarter Dix heures moin la quart 8:15 - 8 hours and quarter Huit heures et quart
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink0•12 days agoPolice cant stop us. Im cracking up at the police coming because it is illegal to tell the time this way.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink0•12 days agoHave you ever tried to tell the French what to do? :) Note, it’s partly why I respect my fellow French Canadians
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink0•12 days agoIn west Germany, it would be viertel vor zehn (quarter before ten) while in the East, it would be dreiviertel zehn (three-quarter ten).
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink0•12 days agoI think it’s similar to saying “quarter to ten”, and I suspect it’s a result of how numbers/counting work in French.
Wait, what?
Yep. French Canadian is the same:
9:45 - 10 hours less a quarter
Dix heures moin la quart
8:15 - 8 hours and quarter
Huit heures et quart
How was this allowed to happen
Police cant stop us.
Im cracking up at the police coming because it is illegal to tell the time this way.
Have you ever tried to tell the French what to do? :)
Note, it’s partly why I respect my fellow French Canadians
In west Germany, it would be viertel vor zehn (quarter before ten) while in the East, it would be dreiviertel zehn (three-quarter ten).
Yay for West Germany
I think it’s similar to saying “quarter to ten”, and I suspect it’s a result of how numbers/counting work in French.